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- Hakim_ibn_Hizam comment "Hakīm ibn Hizām is the principal narrator of a hadith that has become very important is the development of contract law in Muslim nations. His father was Hizam ibn Khuwaylid. Hizam was a merchant, who asked the prophet Muhammed whether it was permissible for him to sell to a customer goods that he doesn't yet possess ("short selling" in Western parlance). Muhammed forbade that.Short selling often has a speculative element, which may be the reason for the prohibition.".