Purpose: Short selling is one of the obstacles of Islamic economy, which is condemned by Islam and is included in major sins and is an example of violating the rights of others. In short selling, the balance in mutual rights is lost and serious damage is caused to the society.
Materials and methods: Selling less leads to distance from God's mercy and causes destruction and corruption in the society. Therefore, considering the importance of the subject, this research investigates the concept of underselling and its factors and consequences from the perspective of the Qur'an and hadiths with a descriptive-analytical approach.
Findings: The results show that underselling means putting less in the measure or weight and reducing the rights of others. Under-selling is formed under the influence of factors such as lack of faith in resurrection, greed, disbelief and lack of faith, impiety, imitation, lack of prayer, and consequences such as oppression, drought, social corruption, deprivation of goodness, deprivation of divine mercy, curse, Threats, hellfire, inclination to falsehood, deprivation of trust, economic corruption, descent of divine punishment, destruction, decline of social values follow.
Conclusion: These damages destroy religion and human life; And it turns the economy from a state of growth and prosperity to a sick economy and causes it to collapse.