Musnad Ahmad

Musnad Ahmad 314

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، وَأَبُو عَامِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَوْسِ بْنِ الْحَدَثَانِ، قَالَ جِئْتُ بِدَنَانِيرَ لِي فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَصْرِفَهَا فَلَقِيَنِي طَلْحَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ فَاصْطَرَفَهَا وَأَخَذَهَا فَقَالَ حَتَّى يَجِيءَ سَلْمٌ خَازِنِي قَالَ أَبُو عَامِرٍ مِنْ الْغَابَةِ وَقَالَ فِيهَا كُلِّهَا هَاءَ وَهَاءَ قَالَ فَسَأَلْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ الذَّهَبُ بِالْوَرِقِ رِبًا إِلَّا هَاءَ وَهَاءَ وَالْبُرُّ بِالْبُرِّ رِبًا إِلَّا هَاءَ وَهَاءَ وَالشَّعِيرُ بِالشَّعِيرِ رِبًا إِلَّا هَاءَ وَهَاءَ وَالتَّمْرُ بِالتَّمْرِ رِبًا إِلَّا هَاءَ وَهَاءَ‏.‏

Translation

‘Uthman ibn ‘Umar and Abu ‘Amir narrated to us; he said: Malik narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Malik ibn Aws ibn al-Hadathan, who said: I brought some dinars of mine intending to exchange them. Talhah ibn ‘Ubayd Allah met me, exchanged them with me, and took them. He said, ‘Wait until my treasurer, Salm, arrives.’ Abu ‘Amir said: ‘From al-Ghabah.’ And he said regarding all of it: ‘hand to hand.’ I asked ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, about that, and he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: ‘Gold for silver is usury unless it is hand to hand; wheat for wheat is usury unless it is hand to hand; barley for barley is usury unless it is hand to hand; dates for dates are usury unless it is hand to hand.’