Abu Nadra reported: I asked Ibn Umar and Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) about the conversion of gold with gold but they did not find any harm in that. I was sitting in the company of Abd Sa’id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him) and asked him about this exchange, and he said: Whatever is addition is an’ interest. I refused to accept it on account of their statement (statement of Ibn ‘Abbas and Ibn ‘Umar). He said: I am not narrating to you except what I heard from Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him). There came to him the owner of a date-palm with one sa’ of fine dates, and the dates of Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) were of that colour. Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) said to him: Where did you get these dates? I went with two sa’s of (inferior dates) and bought one sa’ of (these fine dates), for that is the prevailing price (of inferior dates) in the market and that is the price (of the fine quality of dates in the market), whereupon Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Woe be upon you! You have dealt in interest, when you decide to do it (i. e. exchange superior quality of dates for inferior quality) ; so you should sell your dates for another commodity (or currency) and then with the help of that commodity buy the dates you like. Abu Sa’ad said: When dates are exchanged for dates (with different qualities) there is the possibility (of the element of) interest (creeping into that) or when gold is exchanged for gold having different qualities. I subsequently came to Ibn ‘Umar and he forbade me (to do it), but I did not come to Ibn ‘Abbas; (Allah be pleased with them). He (the narrator) said: Abu as-Sahba’ narrated to me: He asked Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) in Mecca, and he too disapproved of it.
Hadith In Arabic Text :
حدثنا إسحاق بن إبراهيم، أخبرنا عبد الأعلى، أخبرنا داود، عن أبي نضرة، قال سألت ابن عمر وابن عباس عن الصرف، فلم يريا به بأسا فإني لقاعد عند أبي سعيد الخدري فسألته عن الصرف فقال ما زاد فهو ربا . فأنكرت ذلك لقولهما فقال لا أحدثك إلا ما سمعت من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم جاءه صاحب نخله بصاع من تمر طيب وكان تمر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم هذا اللون فقال له النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ” أنى لك هذا ” . قال انطلقت بصاعين فاشتريت به هذا الصاع فإن سعر هذا في السوق كذا وسعر هذا كذا . فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ” ويلك أربيت إذا أردت ذلك فبع تمرك بسلعة ثم اشتر بسلعتك أى تمر شئت ” . قال أبو سعيد فالتمر بالتمر أحق أن يكون ربا أم الفضة بالفضة قال فأتيت ابن عمر بعد فنهاني ولم آت ابن عباس – قال – فحدثني أبو الصهباء أنه سأل ابن عباس عنه بمكة فكرهه .
Chapter : The Book of Masaaqah – كتاب المساقاة