Hadith #588

Arabic Text

English Translation

It was narrated from al-Ḥasan that Maʿqil ibn Yassār fell gravely ill and ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Ziyād came to visit him. He [ʿUbayd Allāh] said: “Do you know, O Maʿqil, that I shed any blood?” He said: “I do not know.” He said: “Do you know that I intervened in any matter of the prices of the Muslims?” He said: “I do not know.” He said: “Sit me up.” Then he said: “Listen, O ʿUbayd Allāh, while I tell you something I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ — not once nor twice. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Whoever intervenes in anything of the Muslims’ prices to inflate it against them — it is a right upon Allah tabāraka wa-taʿala to seat him on a mass of Fire on the Day of Resurrection.’” He [ʿUbayd Allāh] said: “Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?” He said: “Yes, more than once or twice.”