Hadith 38837

Muwatta Malik (DE)

موطأ مالك

101
وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، يَقُولُ إِذَا جِئْتَ أَرْضًا يُوفُونَ الْمِكْيَالَ وَالْمِيزَانَ فَأَطِلِ الْمُقَامَ بِهَا وَإِذَا جِئْتَ أَرْضًا يُنَقِّصُونَ الْمِكْيَالَ وَالْمِيزَانَ فَأَقْلِلِ الْمُقَامَ بِهَا .


Malik related to me that Yahya ibn Said heard Said ibn al-Musayyab say, "When you come to a land where they give full measureand full weight, stay there. When you come to a land where theyshorten the measure and weight, then do not stay there very long." (DE)

USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 31, Hadith 100 (DE)

Arabic reference (DE): Book 31, Hadith 1386 (DE)