حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ الرَّقِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ ابْنِ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ مُوسَی بْنِ وَرْدَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ قَالَ کُنْتُ أَبِيعُ التَّمْرَ فِي السُّوقِ فَأَقُولُ کِلْتُ فِي وَسْقِي هَذَا کَذَا فَأَدْفَعُ أَوْسَاقَ التَّمْرِ بِکَيْلِهِ وَآخُذُ شِفِّي فَدَخَلَنِي مِنْ ذَلِکَ شَيْئٌ فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ إِذَا سَمَّيْتَ الْکَيْلَ فَکِلْهُ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 2230
It was narrated that 'Uthman bin 'Affan said: "I used to sell dates in the marketplace, and I would say: 'This was such and such an amount (when I bought it).' I would give the purchaser a specific amount of dates according to the way it had been measu.red for me, and take my profit. Then I began to have some doubts about that, so I asked the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H, and he said: 'When you name the amount, measure it in front of the purchaser.''' (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020