Hadith 38811

Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said that he heard Muhammadibn al-Munkadir say, "Allah loves his slave who is generous when hesells, and generous when he buys, generous when he repays, andgenerous when he is repaid."Malik said about a man whobought camels or sheep or dry goods or slaves or any goods withoutmeasuring precisely, "There is no buying without measuring preciselyin anything which can be counted . "Malik said about a manwho gave a man goods to sell for him and set their price saying, "Ifyou sell them for this price as I have ordered you to do, you willhave a dinar (or something which he has specified, which they are bothsatisfied with), if you do not sell them, you will have nothing,""There is no harm in that when he names a price to sell them at andnames a known fee. If he sells the goods, he takes the fee, and if hedoes not sell them, he has nothing."Malik said, "This islike saying to another man, 'If you capture my runaway slave or bringmy stray camel, you will have such-and-such.' This is from thecategory of reward, and not from the category of giving a wage. Had itbeen from the category of giving a wage, it would not be good."Malik said, "As for a man who is given goods and told that if hesells them he will have a named percentage for every dinar, that isnot good because whenever he is a dinar less than the price of thegoods, he decreases the due which was named for him. This is anuncertain transaction. He does not know how much he will be given."