Hazrat Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade those people who sell scrolls to neighbors (or partners) until they hand them over (and they take possession of them).

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever buys food should not sell it further before measuring it. The narrator (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) why this is so? He (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: Do you not see that those people buy (and sell) in such a way for gold that the food is deferred?

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever sells food should not sell it before measuring it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the verse of the Holy Qur'an { وَآتُوہُمْ مِنْ مَالِ اللہِ الَّذِی آتَاکُمْ } means: leave a quarter in the first installment.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that if a slave who has entered into a contract of manumission fears that he will be unable to pay the last installment and, due to this fear, takes on another contract in place of the original, then doing so is disliked.

Hazrat Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) disliked that when a mukatab writes the contract of kitabah, it should be written in it that "I will reduce your last installment."

Hazrat Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) says that when a mukatab pays a quarter of his total kitabah amount, he should be hastened towards being freed by his owner.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) made his slave, whose kunyah was Abu Umayyah, a mukatab. When he came with the installment of the contract of manumission, Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: O Abu Umayyah! Seek help in paying your contract of manumission. He replied: O Commander of the Faithful (may Allah be pleased with you)! If you allow me to wait until the last installment (it would be better). Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I fear that you may not be able to pay it. Then he (may Allah be pleased with him) recited the verse of the Holy Qur’an { وَآتُوہُمْ مِنْ مَالِ اللہِ الَّذِی آتَاکُمْ }. Hazrat Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that this was the first installment of a contract of manumission that was paid in Islam.

22674 - Ikrima said: (It is) (1) the first Najm that was paid in Islam (2).

It is narrated from Hazrat Muhammad bin Sirin that the noble companions (may Allah be pleased with them) liked that in exchange for the contract of a mukatab, some portion should be left out.