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HALAL AND HARAM BUSINESSES

Alhamdulillahi rabbil aalamiin
Summah salaat Wa salam alaa rasullillah sallalaahu alayhi wa aalihi wa sahabihii wasallam tasliiman kasiiran. Ammaaa ba'ad.
Assalaamu alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatuh
Good evening to you all.
Respected all my dear *Ulamaa* , brothers and sisters in iiman.
I'm brother MUNIRU (Abu-mujahid), here this evening to continue our discussion on the topic *"HALAL AND HARAM BUSINESSES" with the house In-shaa-Allah
Frankly speaking, the topic is too broad to an extent that I can't possibly do justice in explaining it into details but In-shaa-Allah I will try my possible best.
                                    
May Allah Ta'alaa give us perfect understanding of Deen. Aameen
A principal activity that you do in your life to earn money is a simple understanding of BUSINESS.
But today we are going to have a look at  LAWFUL BUSINESS AND UNLAWFUL BUSINESS in Islamic perspective. In-shaa-Allah
In fact business is one of the best profession a person can engage in for livelihood.
And Islam has actually honoured business provided it in accordance with the Islamic jurisprudence.
The hadith prophesied.
la yubaali-u Kmar-u maa ahaza aminal Haram, aminal Halal.
Time is coming when man would not care whatever he earns, whether Haram or Halal.
To we have become the living testimony of the above prophecy.
Today's there's no more trust among our merchants.
The Messenger of Allah S.A.W once made a *du'a* for those who engages in honest and trustworthiness in their dealings.
Okay, lest have a look at few aspects of business that we may learn a lesson from it as far as Islam is concern.
Regarding It Being Disliked To Swear Oaths When Buying And Selling
 حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ إِنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " الْحَلِفُ مَنْفَقَةٌ لِلسِّلْعَةِ مَمْحَقَةٌ لِلْبَرَكَةِ " . قَالَ ابْنُ السَّرْحِ " لِلْكَسْبِ " . وَقَالَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Narrated Abu Hurairah:
I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: *Swearing produces a ready sale for a commodity but blots out the blessing.* The narrator Ibn al-Sarh said: "for earning". He also narrated this tradition from Sa'id b. al-Musayyab on the authority of Abu Hurairah from the Prophet (ﷺ).
Grade    : Sahih (Al-Albani)        صحيح (الألباني)          حكم :
Reference          : Sunan Abi Dawud 3335
In-book reference           : Book 23, Hadith
 
Regarding Paying With Gold For A Price In Silver
That's transactions involving differences in currencies
 حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ، - الْمَعْنَى وَاحِدٌ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ كُنْتُ أَبِيعُ الإِبِلَ بِالْبَقِيعِ فَأَبِيعُ بِالدَّنَانِيرِ وَآخُذُ الدَّرَاهِمَ وَأَبِيعُ بِالدَّرَاهِمِ وَآخُذُ الدَّنَانِيرَ آخُذُ هَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ وَأُعْطِي هَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ فِي بَيْتِ حَفْصَةَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رُوَيْدَكَ أَسْأَلُكَ إِنِّي أَبِيعُ الإِبِلَ بِالْبَقِيعِ فَأَبِيعُ بِالدَّنَانِيرِ وَآخُذُ الدَّرَاهِمَ وَأَبِيعُ بِالدَّرَاهِمِ وَآخُذُ الدَّنَانِيرَ آخُذُ هَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ وَأُعْطِي هَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وس
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
 
 
I used to sell camels at al-Baqi for dinars and take dirhams for them, and sell for dirhams and take dinars for them. I would take these for these and give these for these. I went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who was in the house of Hafsah. I said: Messenger of Allah , take it easy, I shall ask you (a question): I sell camels at al-Baqi'. I sell (them) for dinars and take dirhams and I sell for dirhams and take dinars. I take these for these, and give these for these. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then said: There is no harm in taking them at the current rate so long as you do not separate leaving something to be settled.
This hadith permits us to buy and sell commodities in different currencies concurrently.
 
Regarding Fresh Dates For Dried Dates
Zayd Abu 'Ayyash asked Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas about the sale of the soft and white kind of wheat for barley. Sa'd said:
Which of them is better? He replied: Soft and white kind of wheat. So he forbade him from it and said: *I heard the Messenger of Allah (sawa) say, when he was asked about buying dry dates for fresh. The Messenger of Allah (sawa) said: Are fresh dates diminished when they become dry? The (the people) replied: Yes. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade that.
Abu Dawud said: A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Isma'il b. Umayyah.
Grade    : Sahih (Al-Albani)        صحيح (الألباني)          حكم :
Reference          : Sunan Abi Dawud 3359
In-book reference           : Book 23, Hadith 34
English translation          : Book 22, Hadith 3353
 
It equally means, you can't give a dried beans for moist maize.
Regarding The One Who Consumes Riba (Interest) And The One Who Pays It.
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the one who accepted usury, the one who paid it, the witness to it, and the one who recorded it.
Today we chop interest on borrowed money here and there without considering how bad it is
Narrated 'Umar:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Gold for gold is interest unless both hand over on the spot ; wheat for wheat is interest unless both hand over on the spot ; dates for dates is interest unless both hand over on the spot ; barley for barley is interest unless both hand over on the spot.
Narrated Ubadah ibn as-Samit:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: *Gold is to be paid for with gold, raw and coined, silver with silver, raw and coined (in equal weight), wheat with wheat in equal measure, barley with barley in equal measure, dates with dates in equal measure, salt by salt with equal measure; if anyone gives more or asks more, he has dealt in usury. But there is no harm in selling gold for silver and silver (for gold), in unequal weight, payment being made on the spot. Do not sell them if they are to be paid for later.*
In fact there's a lot to be said.....but  let's pause here...
Until we meet again.
In-shaa-Allah
Wa sallalaahu alayhi wa aalihi wa sahabihii wasallam tasliiman kasiiran*
May Allah Ta'alaa give us perfect understanding of Deen.
 
 
 

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