Sahih Muslim Book - 22, Hadith - 4086

حَدَّثَنِى عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِىِّ عَنْ أَبِى نَضْرَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الصَّرْفِ فَقَالَ أَيَدًا بِيَدٍ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ. قَالَ فَلاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ. فَأَخْبَرْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّى سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الصَّرْفِ فَقَالَ أَيَدًا بِيَدٍ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ. قَالَ فَلاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ. قَالَ أَوَقَالَ ذَلِكَ إِنَّا سَنَكْتُبُ إِلَيْهِ فَلاَ يُفْتِيكُمُوهُ قَالَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ جَاءَ بَعْضُ فِتْيَانِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- بِتَمْرٍ فَأَنْكَرَهُ فَقَالَ « كَأَنَّ هَذَا لَيْسَ مِنْ تَمْرِ أَرْضِنَا ». قَالَ كَانَ فِى تَمْرِ أَرْضِنَا - أَوْ فِى تَمْرِنَا - الْعَامَ بَعْضُ الشَّىْءِ فَأَخَذْتُ هَذَا وَزِدْتُ بَعْضَ الزِّيَادَةِ. فَقَالَ « أَضْعَفْتَ أَرْبَيْتَ لاَ تَقْرَبَنَّ هَذَا إِذَا رَابَكَ مِنْ تَمْرِكَ شَىْءٌ فَبِعْهُ ثُمَّ اشْتَرِ الَّذِى تُرِيدُ مِنَ التَّمْرِ ».

It was narrated that Abu Nadrah said: "I asked Ibn 'Abbas about exchanging. He said: 'Is it hand to hand?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'There is nothing wrong with it.' I told Abu Sa'eed: 'I asked Ibn 'Abbas about exchanging. He said: "Is it hand to hand?" I said: "Yes. "He said: "There is nothing wrong with it."' He said: 'Did he say that? We will write to him and tell him not to give that ruling.' He said: 'By Allah, one of the slaves of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) brought some dates and he found them odd and said: "It seems that these are not the dates of our land." He said: "Something happened to the dates of our land" - or "our dates" - "this year, so I took this and I gave more in return." He said: "If you gave something more, you engaged in Riba. Do not do it again. If you think there is something wrong with your dates, sell them then buy whatever dates you want."