Bulugh al-Maram 825

Translation

Narrated Ibn Mas'ud (RA): Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Do not buy the fish that is in the water, for it involves uncertainty (risk)." [Reported by Ahmad who indicated that the correct view is that it is Mawquf (saying of a Companion, i.e. Ibn Mas'ud].

Notes

• ضعيف. رواه أحمد ( 3676 ).

• رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ, وَأَشَارَ إِلَى أَنَّ اَلصَّوَابَ وَقْفُهُ.

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Musnad Ahmad 3676لَا تَشْتَرُوا السَّمَكَ فِي الْمَاءِ، فَإِنَّهُ غَرَرٌ.
• As-Sunan al-Kubra al-Baihaqi 10970" لَا تَشْتَرُوا السَّمَكَ فِي الْمَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ غَرَرٌ

Narrators

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   ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

   One of the earliest and foremost (al-sābiqūn al-awwalūn), and one of the leading scholars among the Companions; his virtues are manyd. 28 AH, or 32 AH, 33 AH
   اِبْنِ مَسْعُودٍمن السابقين الأولين ، ومن كبار العلماء من الصحابة ، مناقبه جمة

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