Sale of the prohibited

بيع المحرمات

The prohibition of selling the prohibited in the forty-fifth hadith of Ibn Rajab's additions: 'God and His Messenger forbade the sale of wine, carrion, swine and idols' — so what is forbidden to eat or benefit from is forbidden to sell, the extension of the prohibition to its price being drawn from the question over carrion fat sought for caulking, oiling and lighting — answered 'no, it is forbidden' — and from the saying 'God fight the Jews: God had forbidden them the fat, so they melted it, sold it and ate its price' — the rule being that whatever's substance is forbidden, its price is forbidden too, and altering its form does not make it lawful (Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam p. 871).

The long-form text for this entry has not been written yet. The facts and connections below come from the museum's data.

The lawful, the unlawful and the doubtful

The division of rulings and things into plainly lawful, plainly unlawful, and doubtful matters between them that many people cannot assign to either side though the firmly grounded in knowledge are not in doubt; Ibn Rajab gives as plainly lawful the good foods — crops, fruits, cattle — and marriage and concubinage when acquired by a valid contract; as plainly unlawful carrion, blood, pork, wine, marriage within the prohibited degrees, silk for men and unlawful gains such as usury, gambling, theft and usurpation; and as doubtful what is disputed as to its lawfulness — animals such as horses, mules, donkeys and the dabb lizard, intoxicating-when-abundant drinks, and disputed transactions such as 'ina and tawarruq — this being Ahmad's and Ishaq's and other imams' explanation of the doubtful; whoever avoids the doubtful clears his religion and honour, and whoever falls into it is like a shepherd at the edge of God's sanctuary.

Sale of the prohibited

At a glance

Connections

People and things also explored

Sources

Ideas

The lawful, the unlawful and the doubtful