Muwatta Malik #1404
Business Transactions
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ لاَ حُكْرَةَ فِي سُوقِنَا لاَ يَعْمِدُ رِجَالٌ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ فُضُولٌ مِنْ أَذْهَابٍ إِلَى رِزْقٍ مِنْ رِزْقِ اللَّهِ نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِنَا فَيَحْتَكِرُونَهُ عَلَيْنَا وَلَكِنْ أَيُّمَا جَالِبٍ جَلَبَ عَلَى عَمُودِ كَبِدِهِ فِي الشِّتَاءِ وَالصَّيْفِ فَذَلِكَ ضَيْفُ عُمَرَ فَلْيَبِعْ كَيْفَ شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَلْيُمْسِكْ كَيْفَ شَاءَ اللَّهُ .
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn
al-Khattab said, "There is no hoarding in our market, and men who have
excess gold in their hands should not buy up one of Allah's provisions
which he has sent to our courtyard and then hoard it up against us.
Someone who brings imported goods through great fatigue to himself in
the summer and winter, that person is the guest of Umar. Let him sell
what Allah wills and keep what Allah wills."
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This hadith is #1404 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Business Transactions.