It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: "We used to buy food from troops of riders (i.e., the caravans) without knowing the amount, but the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) forbade us to sell it until it had been delivered to us."

It was narrated that 'Uthman bin 'Affan said: "I used to sell dates in the marketplace, and I would say: 'This was such and such an amount (when I bought it).' I Would give the purchaser a specific amount of dates according to the way it had been measured for me, and take my profit. Then I began to have some doubts about that, so I asked the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), and he said: ‘When you name the amount, measure it in front of the purchaser."'