—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—does not know the unseen, and none of the creation knows the unseen. Allah the Exalted has said: “He is the Knower of the unseen; He discloses His unseen to no one—except to a messenger whom He has chosen, and then He sends guards before him and behind him” (al-Jinn 72:26–27).

This ḥadith also demonstrates Allah’s power: the fire whose origin no one knew would descend from the sky; it was neither from the trees of the earth nor from its wood. Rather, Allah commanded it from heaven, and it came down and consumed the booty that had been gathered. Allah alone grants success.

59 – Abū Khālid Ḥakīm ibn Ḥizām—may Allah be pleased with him—reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The two parties to a sale each have the option [of cancelling] as long as they have not separated. If they speak truthfully and make everything clear, their transaction will be blessed; but if they lie and conceal, the blessing of their sale will be wiped out.” (Agreed upon)

[Explanation]

The term al-bayʿāni means the seller and the buyer; both are designated with the word “two traders” by way of predominance, just as al-qamarān is used for the sun and the moon, and al-ʿUmrān for Abū Bakr and ʿUmar. Thus al-bayʿāni refers to the seller and the buyer.

His words bi’l-khiyār (“having the option”) mean that each of them may choose what he wishes so long as they have not parted, i.e.,