The Messenger of Allah (SAW) sold, and bought; and what He bought – after Allah Most High had honoured him with His message – was more than what He sold. Similarly, after the hijra, it is remembered that He hardly ever sold things, except in trivial special instances, most of which were to others, such as when He sold drinking glasses or saddlecloths to those who brought supplies, or when He sold Ya’qub Al-Mudabbar, the servant boy of Abu Madhkour, or when He sold a black slave for two other slaves. And He bought a lot, and hired, and rented; and what He rented was more than what He hired. It is remembered about him that before the prophethood He hired himself out as regards looking after flocks, and He hired himself out to Khadijah when He traveled with her goods to Sham.