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Chapter 83: Surah <strong>al</strong>-Mutaffifin<br />
In the name of <strong>Al</strong>lah, the Beneficent, the Merciful<br />
(Woe unto the defrauders) [83:1].<br />
Abu Isma‘il ibn <strong>al</strong>-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn <strong>al</strong>-Husayn <strong>al</strong>-Naqib> his grandfather Muhammad ibn<br />
<strong>al</strong>-Husayn> Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn <strong>al</strong>-Husayn <strong>al</strong>-Hafiz> ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Rahman ibn Bashir> ‘<strong>Al</strong>i ibn <strong>al</strong>-<br />
Husayn ibn Waqid> his father> Yazid <strong>al</strong>-Nahwi> ‘Ikrimah> Ibn ‘Abbas who said: “When the Prophet,<br />
<strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, first moved to Medina, its inhabitants were the worst kind of defrauders,<br />
and so <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed (Woe unto the defrauders: Those who when they take the<br />
measure from mankind demand it full). After the revelation of this verse, they became honest in their<br />
weighing”. 1<br />
<strong>Al</strong>-Qurazi said: “<strong>The</strong>re were some merchants in Medina who defrauded others. <strong>The</strong>ir transaction were<br />
like gambling: buying by means of throwing a pebble on a specific merchandises (Munabadhah) without<br />
stipulating any terms or agreeing a contract or by touching the merchandise without looking at it (Mulamasah)<br />
or engaging in transactions which involve the risk of losing on both sides (Mukhatarah). And<br />
so <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed this verse. <strong>The</strong> Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace,<br />
went then to the marketplace and recited it”.<br />
<strong>Al</strong>-Suddi said: “When the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah arrived at Medina, there was there a man c<strong>al</strong>led Abu Juhaynah.<br />
This man had two sc<strong>al</strong>es: he used one sc<strong>al</strong>e when he sold things to people and the other when<br />
he bought from them. And so <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed this verse”.<br />
1<br />
Tabari, :91; Qurtubi, :248; Durr, :441.
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