It was narrated that Hakim bin Hizam said: I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, a man is asking me to sell him something that I do not possess; Shall I sell it to him?' He said: 'Do not sell what is not with you. '
It was narrated from 'Amr bin Shu'aib, from his father, that his grandfather said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'It is not permissible to sell something that is not with you, nor to profit from what you do not possess. '
It was narrated from 'Ata that 'Attab bin Asid said that : when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent him to Makkah, he forbade him from profiting off of what he did not possess.