Hadith 112

Sahih Bukhari

Book 34: Sales and Trade

Chapter 70

A town dweller should not buy goods for a desert dweller and charge commission as a broker

باب لاَ يَبِيعُ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ بِالسَّمْسَرَةِ

Ibn Sirin and Ibrahim disliked (working as a broker for a desert dweller) whether as a seller or a buyer. Ibrahim said, "Arabs use the word 'to buy' in the meaning of 'to sell'."
وَكَرِهَهُ ابْنُ سِيرِينَ وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ لِلْبَائِعِ وَالْمُشْتَرِي، وَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِنَّ الْعَرَبَ تَقُولُ بِعْ لِي ثَوْبًا. وَهْيَ تَعْنِي الشِّرَاءَ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2161
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ نُهِينَا أَنْ يَبِيعَ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ‏.‏
Anas bin Malik:

We were forbidden that a town dweller should sell goods of a desert dweller.