"The importer is provided for, and the hoarder is cursed." And because the importer does not cause distress to anyone nor does he harm them; rather, he provides a benefit, for when people know that he has food prepared for sale, this is more comforting to their hearts than its absence. The second [condition] is that the purchased item must be a staple food (qut). As for side dishes, sweets, honey, oil, and livestock fodder, there is no forbidden hoarding in them. Al-Athram said: I heard Abu Abd Allah being asked about what type of thing constitutes hoarding, and he said: If it is from the people's staple food, that is what is disliked. This is the opinion of Abd Allah ibn Amr. Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib—who is the narrator of the hadith on hoarding—used to hoard oil. Abu Dawud said: He used to hoard date pits, thread, and seeds. This is because these items are not things for which there is a general need, so they are like clothing and animals. The third [condition] is that he must cause distress to the people by his purchasing. This does not occur except in two cases: one of them is that he is in a city whose people are distressed by hoarding, such as the two Sacred Cities (Mecca and Medina) and the frontier towns. Ahmad said: Hoarding in places like Mecca, Medina, and the frontier towns [is prohibited]. The implication of this is that in vast cities with abundant facilities and imports, such as Baghdad, Basra, and Egypt, hoarding is not prohibited there, because it generally does not have an effect [on the markets] in those places. The second [case] is that it occurs during a time of hardship, such as when a caravan enters a city and the wealthy hasten to buy [its goods], thereby causing distress to the people. But if he buys it during a time of abundance and low prices in a manner that does not cause distress to anyone, it is not prohibited.

765 - Issue; he said: (And selling juice to one who will turn it into wine is invalid.)

The entirety of this is that selling juice to someone who one believes will turn it into wine is forbidden. Al-Shafi'i disliked it, and some of his companions mentioned that if the seller believes that he will press it into wine, it is forbidden, and it is only disliked if he is doubtful about it. Ibn al-Mundhir narrated from al-Hasan, Ata', and al-Thawri that it is