Avoidance of Hoarding and Monopoly On the Day when heat will be produced out of that (wealth) in the fire of Hell, and with it will be branded their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs. ‘This is the (treasure) which you buried for yourselves: Taste you, then the (treasures) you buried.’” (Qur’an 9:35) Abda narrated that the Prophet said: Do not withhold your money by counting it (i.e. hoarding it), (for if you did so), Allah would also withhold His blessings from you.” (Al-Bukhari Vo.l. 2 Hadith 514) Ya’la ibn Umayyah narrated that the Prophet said: “Hoarding up food (to sell it at a high price) in the sacred territory is a deviation (from right to wrong).” (Abu Daud Hadith 2015) Ma1mar bin Abdullah, the son of Nadla reported that Allah’s Messenger said, “None but a sinful person hoards (goods).” (Ibn Majah Vol. 3 Hadith 2154) Umar bin Al-Khattab reported that Allah’s Messenger said: “He who imports (goods is granted provision and he who hoards (goods) is a cursed one.” (Ibn Majah Vol. 3 Hadith 2153)
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