Sahih Muslim Book - 22, Hadith - 4087

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى أَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ أَبِى نَضْرَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ وَابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الصَّرْفِ فَلَمْ يَرَيَا بِهِ بَأْسًا فَإِنِّى لَقَاعِدٌ عِنْدَ أَبِى سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِىِّ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الصَّرْفِ فَقَالَ مَا زَادَ فَهُوَ رِبًا. فَأَنْكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِقَوْلِهِمَا فَقَالَ لاَ أُحَدِّثُكَ إِلاَّ مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- جَاءَهُ صَاحِبُ نَخْلِهِ بِصَاعٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ طَيِّبٍ وَكَانَ تَمْرُ النَّبِىِّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- هَذَا اللَّوْنَ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِىُّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « أَنَّى لَكَ هَذَا ». قَالَ انْطَلَقْتُ بِصَاعَيْنِ فَاشْتَرَيْتُ بِهِ هَذَا الصَّاعَ فَإِنَّ سِعْرَ هَذَا فِى السُّوقِ كَذَا وَسِعْرَ هَذَا كَذَا. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « وَيْلَكَ أَرْبَيْتَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ ذَلِكَ فَبِعْ تَمْرَكَ بِسِلْعَةٍ ثُمَّ اشْتَرِ بِسِلْعَتِكَ أَىَّ تَمْرٍ شِئْتَ ». قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ فَالتَّمْرُ بِالتَّمْرِ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يَكُونَ رِبًا أَمِ الْفِضَّةُ بِالْفِضَّةِ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ بَعْدُ فَنَهَانِى وَلَمْ آتِ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ - قَالَ - فَحَدَّثَنِى أَبُو الصَّهْبَاءِ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْهُ بِمَكَّةَ فَكَرِهَهُ.

It was narrated that Abu Nadrah said: "I asked Ibn 'Umar and Ibn 'Abbas about exchange, and they did not see anything wrong with it. I was sitting with Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri and I asked him about exchange. He said: 'Whatever is extra is Riba,' and I did not accept it because of what 'they had said. He said: 'I am only narrating to you what I heard from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w). A man who was taking care of the Prophet's date palms brought him a Sa' of fine dates and the dates of the Prophet (s.a.w) were not of this type. The Prophet (s.a.w) said to him: "Where did you get this?" He said: "I sold two Sa' and bought this Sa' with them. That is the price for this in the market." The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Woe to you, you have engaged in Riba. If you want to do that, sell your dates for another commodity and then buy whatever dates you want with it."' Abu Sa'eed said: 'Dates for dates is closer to Riba than silver for silver.'" He said: "I went to Ibn 'Umar after that and he told me not to do that, and I did not go to Ibn 'Abbas.'' He said: "Abu As-Sahba' told me that he asked Ibn 'Abbas about it in Makkah and he disapproved of it."