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The expounding of it is in four parts: the description of something good, which is
not in it or the concealing of something bad, which is in it. The weight and the
value of anything should not be concealed, nor should you conceal anything
concerning the price, which if it were known to the dealer he would not have
bought it.
The First: The description of the goods should not be over-praised because if it
is not there it is a lie. If the buyer accepts this then it is injustice as well as a lie. If
he does not accept then it is a lie and a loss of virtue.
The Second: He should reveal all defects in the goods whether apparent or not,
and he should not conceal anything in it as this is an obligation, if he hides
something he is unjust and deceitful, deceit is unlawful. What indicates that
cheating is unlawful. It was narrated the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
passed a man selling fruit and he like the look of it, and when he entered his
hands into it he noticed that it was wet, so he said: “What is this?‟ The man said:
“The sky rained on it.” Then the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, replied:
not in it or the concealing of something bad, which is in it. The weight and the
value of anything should not be concealed, nor should you conceal anything
concerning the price, which if it were known to the dealer he would not have
bought it.
The First: The description of the goods should not be over-praised because if it
is not there it is a lie. If the buyer accepts this then it is injustice as well as a lie. If
he does not accept then it is a lie and a loss of virtue.
The Second: He should reveal all defects in the goods whether apparent or not,
and he should not conceal anything in it as this is an obligation, if he hides
something he is unjust and deceitful, deceit is unlawful. What indicates that
cheating is unlawful. It was narrated the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
passed a man selling fruit and he like the look of it, and when he entered his
hands into it he noticed that it was wet, so he said: “What is this?‟ The man said:
“The sky rained on it.” Then the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, replied: