Sahih Muslim Book - 22, Hadith - 4061

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِىُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِى قِلاَبَةَ قَالَ كُنْتُ بِالشَّامِ فِى حَلْقَةٍ فِيهَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ فَجَاءَ أَبُو الأَشْعَثِ قَالَ قَالُوا أَبُو الأَشْعَثِ أَبُو الأَشْعَثِ. فَجَلَسَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ حَدِّثْ أَخَانَا حَدِيثَ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ. قَالَ نَعَمْ غَزَوْنَا غَزَاةً وَعَلَى النَّاسِ مُعَاوِيَةُ فَغَنِمْنَا غَنَائِمَ كَثِيرَةً فَكَانَ فِيمَا غَنِمْنَا آنِيَةٌ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ فَأَمَرَ مُعَاوِيَةُ رَجُلاً أَنْ يَبِيعَهَا فِى أَعْطِيَاتِ النَّاسِ فَتَسَارَعَ النَّاسُ فِى ذَلِكَ فَبَلَغَ عُبَادَةَ بْنَ الصَّامِتِ فَقَامَ فَقَالَ إِنِّى سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يَنْهَى عَنْ بَيْعِ الذَّهَبِ بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالْبُرِّ بِالْبُرِّ وَالشَّعِيرِ بِالشَّعِيرِ وَالتَّمْرِ بِالتَّمْرِ وَالْمِلْحِ بِالْمِلْحِ إِلاَّ سَوَاءً بِسَوَاءٍ عَيْنًا بِعَيْنٍ فَمَنْ زَادَ أَوِ ازْدَادَ فَقَدْ أَرْبَى. فَرَدَّ النَّاسُ مَا أَخَذُوا فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَقَامَ خَطِيبًا فَقَالَ أَلاَ مَا بَالُ رِجَالٍ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- أَحَادِيثَ قَدْ كُنَّا نَشْهَدُهُ وَنَصْحَبُهُ فَلَمْ نَسْمَعْهَا مِنْهُ. فَقَامَ عُبَادَةُ بْنُ الصَّامِتِ فَأَعَادَ الْقِصَّةَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَنُحَدِّثَنَّ بِمَا سَمِعْنَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَإِنْ كَرِهَ مُعَاوِيَةُ - أَوْ قَالَ وَإِنْ رَغِمَ - مَا أُبَالِى أَنْ لاَ أَصْحَبَهُ فِى جُنْدِهِ لَيْلَةً سَوْدَاءَ. قَالَ حَمَّادٌ هَذَا أَوْ نَحْوَهُ.

It was narrated that Abu Qilabah said: "I was in Ash-Sham in a gathering where Muslim bin Yasar was present, when Abu Al-Ash'ath came." He said: "They said: 'Abu Al-Ash'ath.' And I said: 'Abu Al-Ash'ath!' He sat down and I said to him: 'Tell our brothers the Hadith of 'Ubadah bin As-Samit.' He said: 'Yes. We went out on a campaign when Mu'awiyah was in charge of the people, and acquired a great deal of the spoils of war. Among the spoils we seized were some vessels of silver. Mu'awiyah ordered a man to sell them, to be paid for when the people received their stipends, and the people hastened to buy them. News of that reached 'Ubadah bin As-Samit and he stood up and said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) forbidding the sale of gold for gold, silver for silver, wheat for wheat, barley for barley, dates for dates, salt for salt, except equal for equal, same for same. Whoever adds something more, or asks for something more, he has engaged in Riba."' "So the people returned what they had taken. News of that reached Mu'awiyah and he stood up and delivered a speech, saying: 'What is the matter with men who narrated Ahadith from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w), when we were present with him and accompanied him, and we did not hear that from him?' " 'Ubadah bin As-Samit stood up and repeated the story, then he said: 'We will narrate what we heard from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w), even if Mu'awiyah does not like it' - or he said, 'in spite of him. I do not care if I do not join his troops on a dark night."' Hammad (one of the narrators) said: "This, or something like this."