Abu Hurairah (RA) reported it directly from Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ): The townsman'should not sell for a man from the desert (with a view to taking advantage of his ignorance of the market conditions of the city). And Zuhair reported from the Holy Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) that he forbade the townsman to sell on behalf of the man from the desert.

Ibn 'Abbas (RA) reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: The riders (carrying merchandise) should not be met in the way, and townsman should not sell for a man of the desert. The narrator reported. I said to Ibn 'Abbas (RA): What do these words really imply-" The townsman for the man of the desert"? He said: That he should work as a broker on his behalf.

Jabir (RA) reported a similar hadith from Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) through another chain of transmitters.

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported: We were forbidden that a townsman should sell for a man of the desert, even if he is his brother or father.