حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَی عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَائٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ أَحَدِ بَنِي عَدِيِّ بْنِ کَعْبٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يَحْتَکِرُ إِلَّا خَاطِئٌ فَقُلْتُ لِسَعِيدٍ فَإِنَّکَ تَحْتَکِرُ قَالَ وَمَعْمَرٌ کَانَ يَحْتَکِرُ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد وَسَأَلْتُ أَحْمَدَ مَا الْحُکْرَةُ قَالَ مَا فِيهِ عَيْشُ النَّاسِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد قَالَ الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ الْمُحْتَکِرُ مَنْ يَعْتَرِضُ السُّوقَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3447
Narrated Mamar bin Abi Mamar, one of the children of Adi bin Kab: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: No one withholds goods till their price rises but a sinner. I said to Saeed (b. al-Musayyab): You withhold goods till their price rises. He said: Mamar used to withhold goods till their price rose. Abu Dawud said: I asked Ahmad (b. Hanbal): What is hoarding (hukrah) ? He replied: That on which people live. Abu Dawud said: Al-Auzai said: A muhtakir (one who hoards) is one who withholds supply of goods in the market.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020