أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ قَالَ کُنَّا بِالْمَدِينَةِ نَبِيعُ الْأَوْسَاقَ وَنَبْتَاعُهَا وَکُنَّا نُسَمِّي أَنْفُسَنَا السَّمَاسِرَةَ وَيُسَمِّينَا النَّاسُ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَسَمَّانَا بِاسْمٍ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ الَّذِي سَمَّيْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا وَسَمَّانَا النَّاسُ فَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ التُّجَّارِ إِنَّهُ يَشْهَدُ بَيْعَکُمْ الْحَلِفُ وَالْکَذِبُ فَشُوبُوهُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3836
It was narrated that Qais bin Abi Gharazah said: “In Al-Madinah we used to buy and sell Wasqs (of goods), and we used to call ourselves SamasIr (brokers), and the people used to call us like that. The essenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم came out to us one day, and called us by a name that was better than that which we called ourselves and which the people called us. He said: ‘Tujjar (traders), your selling involves (false) oaths and lies, so mix some charity with it.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020