Book 47: Partnership
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2483
Abdullah bin Yusuf narrated to us that Malik told us. He narrated from Wahb bin Kaisan, Wahb from Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (ra). He said that the Messenger of Allah (saw) sent an army towards the sea coast and appointed Hazrat Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah (ra) as its commander, and they were three hundred in all, and I too was among them. We set out, until while we were still on the way the provisions ran out. Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (ra) ordered that the provisions of the soldiers be collected. So they were all collected and came to two bags of dates, and he gave us a little to eat each day, until that too ran out. Then we kept getting only one date each. (Wahb used to say:) I asked (Hazrat Jabir (ra)): What can one date do to remove hunger? He said: When even that was gone, we realised its worth. (Hazrat Jabir (ra)) used to say: After this we reached the sea, and what did we see but a fish like a hill. The army ate from it for eighteen days. Then Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (ra) said: Let two of its ribs be set up, and they were set up. Then he said: Let a she-camel be passed through. A saddle was put on it, and it passed easily beneath them. It did not even touch them.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2484
Bishr bin Marhum narrated to us that Hatim bin Isma'il told us. He narrated from Yazid bin Abi Ubaid, he from Hazrat Salamah (bin Akwa') (ra), that he said: The provisions of the people (in the campaign of Hawazin) ran low and they had nothing left. Then they came to the Prophet (saw) to ask permission to slaughter their camels. He (saw) gave them permission. Then Hazrat Umar (ra) met them and they told him their situation. Hazrat Umar (ra) said: How will you live after your camels? Saying this he came to the Prophet (saw) and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw), how will they live after eating their camels? The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Proclaim among the people that they should bring their remaining provisions,” and a leather eating-cloth was spread out for it, and they placed their provisions on the eating-cloth. The Messenger of Allah (saw) stood up, prayed and asked for blessing on it. Then he said to them: “Bring your bags,” and the people began to take provisions by handfuls, until they had taken as much as they needed. Then the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah (saw).”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2485
Muhammad bin Yusuf narrated to us that Auza'i told us. Abun Najashi narrated to us. He said: I heard Hazrat Rafi' bin Khadij (ra). He said that we used to offer the Asr Prayer with the Prophet (saw) and then slaughter a camel, and it would be divided into ten parts, and we would eat cooked meat before sunset.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2486
Muhammad bin Ala' narrated to us, (he said) that Hammad bin Usamah told us. He narrated from Buraid, Buraid from Abu Burdah, Abu Burdah from Hazrat Abu Musa (ra), that he said: The Prophet (saw) said: “When the people of the Ash'ari tribe become needy in battle, or the food of their families in Medina runs short, they gather whatever provisions they have in a single cloth. Then they divide it among themselves equally with one vessel. They are mine and I am theirs.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2487
Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Muthanna narrated to us. He said: My father told me. (He used to say:) Thumamah bin Abdullah bin Anas narrated to me that Hazrat Anas (ra) told him. Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) wrote down for him the obligation of charity (Sadaqah) which the Messenger of Allah (saw) had prescribed. He (saw) said: “Property that belongs to two partners, they should settle the reckoning of the charity between themselves equally.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2488
Ali bin Hakam Ansari narrated to us that Abu Awanah told us. He narrated from Sa'id bin Masruq, Sa'id from Abayah bin Rifa'ah bin Rafi' bin Khadij, Abayah from his grandfather (Hazrat Rafi' (ra)), that he said: We were with the Prophet (saw) at Dhul Hulaifah. There the people became hungry, and they obtained some camels and goats (as spoils). He used to say: At that time the Prophet (saw) was among the people at the rear. The people hastily slaughtered the animals and set the cooking pots on the fire. Then the Prophet (saw) gave orders concerning the pots and they were poured out. Then he (saw) distributed (the animals) and counted ten goats as equal to one camel. One of the camels ran away. The people pursued it. It tired them out, and at that time there were few horses in the army. One of the men went forward and shot an arrow at it. Then Allah stopped it right there. Then he (saw) said: “Look, among the domestic animals there are also those which cannot be tamed; they are like wild animals. So whichever of them puts you in difficulty, deal with them in this way.” My grandfather said: We hope, or (he said) we fear, that tomorrow there will be an encounter with the enemy and we have no knives. So may we slaughter with a split piece of bamboo? He (saw) said: “Whatever makes the blood flow, and the name of Allah is mentioned over the animal, eat it. Do not slaughter with tooth or nail. I will tell you the reason for that. As for the tooth, it is a bone, and the nail is the knife of the Abyssinians.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2489
Khallad bin Yahya told us that Sufyan narrated to us that Jabalah bin Suhaim told us. He said: I heard Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra). He used to say: The Prophet (saw) forbade that a man should eat two dates together unless he takes permission from his companions.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2490
Abul Walid narrated to us that Shu'bah told us. He narrated from Jabalah that he said: We were in Medina and famine struck us. Then Hazrat (Abdullah) bin Zubair (ra) used to give us dates to eat, and Hazrat (Abdullah) Ibn Umar (ra) passed by us and began to say: Do not eat two dates together, for the Prophet (saw) forbade eating two dates together at one time, unless one of you takes permission from his brother.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2491
Imran bin Maisarah (Abul Hasan Basri) told us. Abdul Warith (bin Sa'id) narrated to us that Ayyub told us. He narrated from Nafi', Nafi' from Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra), that he said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Whoever frees a small share of his in a slave,” or (he said) “his partnership,” or he said “his share,” “and he has enough wealth to equal the full price of the slave at a fair valuation, he (the slave) will be completely free. If he does not have that much wealth, the slave has in any case become free to the extent that he has freed him.” (Ayyub) said: I do not know whether this sentence of the hadith, ‘the slave has in any case become free to the extent that he has freed him’, is a saying of Nafi' or whether it is so in the hadith of the Prophet (saw) itself.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2492
Bishr bin Muhammad narrated to us that Abdullah (bin Mubarak) informed us. Sa'id bin Abi Arubah told us. He narrated from Qatadah, Qatadah from Nadr bin Anas, Nadr from Bashir bin Nahik, Bashir from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) from the Prophet (saw), that he said: “Whoever frees his share of a jointly owned slave, it is incumbent upon him to have him freed completely from his own wealth. If he has no wealth, a fair price for that slave should be fixed. Then he should be made to work, but not such work as he cannot bear. Then from that labour he should pay the rest of his price and become free.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2493
Abu Nu'aim told us that Zakariyya narrated to us. He said: I heard Amir (Sha'bi). He used to say: I heard Hazrat Nu'man bin Bashir (ra). He narrated from the Prophet (saw). He said: “The example of the person who stands firm within the limits of Allah and the person who transgresses those limits is like that of people who cast lots and divided the places on a ship. Some of them got the upper deck and some the lower. So those who were on the lower deck of the ship, when they wanted to get water, would pass by those who were on the upper deck. Then they said: If we make a hole in our own deck and do not trouble those who are on the upper deck (it would be better). Now if the people of the upper deck let them do what they intend, all of them will perish, and if they hold their hands, they will be saved and the others too will all be saved.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2494
Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Amiri Uwaisi narrated to us that Ibrahim bin Sa'd told us. He narrated from Salih, Salih from Ibn Shihab. (He said:) Urwah told me that he asked Hazrat Aishah (ra). And Laith also said: Yunus told me. He narrated from Ibn Shihab that he said: Urwah bin Zubair told me that he asked Hazrat Aishah (ra) about this saying of Allah, the Exalted: wa in khiftum… (“And if you fear that you will not be fair in dealing with the orphans...” (Qur’an 4:4)). (Hazrat Aishah (ra)) said: Son of my sister, in this verse there is mention of the orphan girl who is under the care of her guardian, and the guardian is also a partner in her property. Her guardian likes her property and her beauty, and that guardian wishes to marry her but does not deal justly in her dowry, not giving her as much as another would give her. Therefore such people have been forbidden to marry her. But if people deal justly with such orphan girls and give them as much as the highest dowry that can be customary for them (then they may marry them, and those who cannot do so) have also been commanded to marry women other than these orphan girls, whoever they like. Urwah said: Hazrat Aishah (ra) used to say: Then, after this verse was revealed, people sought clarification from the Messenger of Allah (saw) (of this ruling about marrying such girls), and Allah, the Exalted, revealed this: “And they seek of thee the decision of the Law with regard to women...” “...and whom you desire to marry” (Qur’an 4:128). And what Allah, the Exalted, has mentioned: “that which is recited to you in the Book...” (Qur’an 4:128), what is meant by it is the first verse in which He says: “And if you fear that you will not be fair in dealing with the orphans, then marry of women as may be agreeable to you” (Qur’an 4:4). Hazrat Aishah (ra) used to say: And Allah, the Exalted, saying in the other verse: “and whom you desire to marry” (Qur’an 4:128), what is meant by it is the desire to marry such an orphan girl as is under the care of one of you when she has little wealth and beauty; so since they do not like them, they have been forbidden to marry those orphan girls whom they desire to marry because of their wealth and beauty, except that they deal justly with them.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2495
Abdullah bin Muhammad (Musnadi) narrated to us that Hisham (bin Yusuf) told us. Ma'mar informed us. He narrated from Zuhri, Zuhri from Abu Salamah, Abu Salamah from Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (ra). He said: The Prophet (saw) established the right of pre-emption (Shuf'a) in everything that has not been divided. When boundaries have been fixed and the paths have been made separate, then no right of pre-emption remains.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2496
Musaddad told us that Abdul Wahid narrated to us that Ma'mar told us. He narrated from Zuhri, Zuhri from Abu Salamah, Abu Salamah from Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (ra). He said: The Prophet (saw) decreed the right of pre-emption in everything that has not been divided. But when boundaries have been fixed and the paths have been laid out separately, then there is no pre-emption.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2497
Amr bin Ali (Fallas) narrated to me that Abu Asim told us. He narrated from Uthman, that is, Ibn Aswad. He said: Sulaiman bin Abi Muslim told me. He used to say: I asked Abul Minhal about the exchange of money (Sarf) that is from hand to hand. He said: A partner of mine and I bought something, partly in cash and partly on credit. Meanwhile Hazrat Bara' bin Azib (ra) came to us. We asked him and he said: I and my partner Zaid bin Arqam (ra) also did this, and we asked the Prophet (saw) about it, and he (saw) said: “What is from hand to hand, take it, and what is on credit, leave it.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2498
Amr bin Ali (Fallas) narrated to me that Abu Asim told us. He narrated from Uthman, that is, Ibn Aswad. He said: Sulaiman bin Abi Muslim told me. He used to say: I asked Abul Minhal about the exchange of money (Sarf) that is from hand to hand. He said: A partner of mine and I bought something, partly in cash and partly on credit. Meanwhile Hazrat Bara' bin Azib (ra) came to us. We asked him and he said: I and my partner Zaid bin Arqam (ra) also did this, and we asked the Prophet (saw) about it, and he (saw) said: “What is from hand to hand, take it, and what is on credit, leave it.”
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Musa bin Isma'il narrated to us that Juwairiyah bin Asma' told us. He narrated from Nafi', Nafi' from Hazrat Abdullah (bin Umar) (ra). He said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) handed the land of Khaibar over to the Jews so that they would labour on it and cultivate it, and half of whatever was produced from it would be theirs.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 2500
Qutaibah bin Sa'id narrated to us that Laith told us. He narrated from Yazid bin Abi Habib, Yazid from Abul Khair, Abul Khair from Hazrat Uqbah bin Amir (ra), that the Messenger of Allah (saw) gave him some goats to distribute among his (saw) Companions. These goats were for sacrifice, and a one-year-old kid was left over from them. Hazrat Uqbah (ra) mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah (saw). He (saw) said: “Sacrifice it yourself.”
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Asbagh bin Faraj narrated to us. He said: Abdullah bin Wahb informed me, he said: Sa'id (bin Abi Ayyub) told me. He narrated from Zuhrah bin Ma'bad, Zuhrah from his grandfather Abdullah bin Hisham, who had lived in the time of the Prophet (saw). His mother Hazrat Zainab bint Humaid (ra) took him to the Messenger of Allah (saw). (Hazrat Zainab (ra)) said: O Messenger of Allah (saw), take the pledge of allegiance from this child. He (saw) said: “He is small.” He (saw) passed his hand over his head and prayed for him.
And it is narrated from Zuhrah bin Ma'bad that his grandfather Abdullah bin Hisham used to take him to the market and buy grain, and Hazrat (Abdullah) bin Umar and Hazrat (Abdullah) bin Zubair (ra) would meet him and say to him: Make us partners too, for the Prophet (saw) prayed for blessing for you. So he would make them partners too. Sometimes he would get a whole camel-load, just as it was, as profit, and would send it home.
Abu Abdullah (Imam Bukhari) said: When a man says (to another man): Make me a partner too, and he remains silent, he will be a partner for half.
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Asbagh bin Faraj narrated to us. He said: Abdullah bin Wahb informed me, he said: Sa'id (bin Abi Ayyub) told me. He narrated from Zuhrah bin Ma'bad, Zuhrah from his grandfather Abdullah bin Hisham, who had lived in the time of the Prophet (saw). His mother Hazrat Zainab bint Humaid (ra) took him to the Messenger of Allah (saw). (Hazrat Zainab (ra)) said: O Messenger of Allah (saw), take the pledge of allegiance from this child. He (saw) said: “He is small.” He (saw) passed his hand over his head and prayed for him.
And it is narrated from Zuhrah bin Ma'bad that his grandfather Abdullah bin Hisham used to take him to the market and buy grain, and Hazrat (Abdullah) bin Umar and Hazrat (Abdullah) bin Zubair (ra) would meet him and say to him: Make us partners too, for the Prophet (saw) prayed for blessing for you. So he would make them partners too. Sometimes he would get a whole camel-load, just as it was, as profit, and would send it home.
Abu Abdullah (Imam Bukhari) said: When a man says (to another man): Make me a partner too, and he remains silent, he will be a partner for half.
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