(60) باب بَيْعِ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَ الْبَائِعِ
It was narrated from 'Amr bin Shu'aib, from his father, that his grandfather said:
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'No man is bound by a transaction involving the sale of something that he does not possess.''' (DE)
Reference (DE): Sunan an-Nasa'i 4612 (DE)
In-book reference (DE): Book 44, Hadith 164 (DE)
English translation (DE): Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 4616 (DE)