Hadith 4.2
Business Transactions
Sa'id b. al-Musayyib told in <i>mursal</i> form that God’s Messenger forbade the sale of meat for animals[1]. Sa'id said it was connected with the <i>maisir</i>[2] of the people of pre-Islamic times. It is transmitted in <i>Sharh as-sunna</i>. 1. i.e. meat sold in exchange for living animals. 2. A game of chance played with arrows for parts of a camel. The type of transaction mentioned in the tradition is evidently considered to contain something in the nature of a gamble.
وَعَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ مُرْسَلًا: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نهى عَن بَيْعِ اللَّحْمِ بِالْحَيَوَانِ قَالَ سَعِيدٌ: كَانَ مِنْ مَيْسِرِ أَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ. رَوَاهُ فِي شَرْحِ السُّنَّةِ
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