وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
Wa aqeemul wazna bilqisti wa laa tukhsirul meezaan
And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.
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Justice & honesty
55:9Ayah 178
2 ayahs in Ar-Rahmaan are strongly about justice and honesty. This is one of them.
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And observe the weights with justice fairly and do not skimp the balance do not decrease the value of what is being weighed.
Related Hadiths
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever buys food, let him not sell it until he has checked its weight.""
Do not sell gold for gold and silver for silver weight for weight or of the same quality.
Do not sell gold for gold, except like for like, and don't increase something of it upon something; and don't sell silver unless like for like, and don't increase some thing of it upon something, and do not sell for ready money something to be given later.
"Do not sell gold for gold except like for like and do not differentiate. Do not sell silver for silver except like for like, and do not sell it in return for something to be paid later."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Do not sell gold for gold unless equivalent in weight, and do not sell less
amount for greater amount or vice versa; and do not sell silver for silver unless equivalent in weight,
and do not sell less amount for greater amount or vice versa and do not sell gold or silver that is not
present at the moment of exchange for gold or silver that is present.
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