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Sales and Contracts

INTENSITY MARKERS:
[M] = Fard / Wajib (Obligatory — must do)  |  [1] = Sunnah Mu'akkadah / Highly Recommended  |  [2] = Sunnah / Recommended  |  [3] = Mustahab / Virtuous / Commendable  |  [H] = Haram (Forbidden — must not do)  |  [h] = Makruh (Discouraged — should not do)  |  [P] = Mubah (Permissible — neutral)

✅ What to Do

[1]Be lenient with buyers. (Bukhari 2076)
[1]Write debts with witnesses. (Qur'an 2:282)
[3]Be grateful for security and provision (Quran 106:1-4) [bg:Revealed in Mecca following Surah al-Fil (the Elephant), commanding the Quraysh to worship the Lord of the Ka'bah who gave them security and provision. The Quraysh were merchants who depended on safe trade routes to Yemen in winter and Syria in summer. The ayah calls them from pride in trade to gratitude to the true Provider. Revealed in Mecca commanding the Quraysh to worship the Lord of the Ka'bah who gave them security and provision. The ayah says: 'Let them worship the Lord of this House, who has fed them against hunger and made them secure from fear.' This was revealed when the Quraysh took pride in their trade alliances.]
[M]Be honest — do not conceal defects. (Muslim 1532)
[M]Give full measure and weight. (Qur'an 83:1-3)

🚫 What Not to Do

What to Do ↑ As You Wish ↓
[H]Charge or pay riba. (Qur'an 2:278-279)
[H]Cheat in weights. (Qur'an 83:1-3)
[H]Sell what you don't own.
[h]Bid against another to inflate price. (Bukhari 2142)
[h]Intercept goods before market. (Bukhari 2150)

⭐ As You Wish

What to Do ↑ What Not to Do ↑
[P]For the security of Quraysh — their security in winter and summer journeys — Support trade and economic development lawfully (Quran 106:1-2) [bg:Revealed in Mecca following Surah al-Fil (the Elephant), commanding the Quraysh to worship the Lord of the Ka'bah who gave them security and provision. The Quraysh were merchants who depended on safe trade routes to Yemen in winter and Syria in summer. The ayah calls them from pride in trade to gratitude to the true Provider. Revealed in the early Meccan period reminding the Quraysh of Allah's favor on their tribe: their security in trade caravans to Yemen in winter and Syria in summer. The Quraysh were merchants who depended on these safe trade routes, and the ayah reminds them that this security was from Allah, not from their own strength or alliances.]

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