Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2253
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَهِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، وَنَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَوْسِ بْنِ الْحَدَثَانِ النَّصْرِيِّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " الذَّهَبُ بِالذَّهَبِ رِبًا إِلاَّ هَاءَ وَهَاءَ وَالْبُرُّ بِالْبُرِّ رِبًا إِلاَّ هَاءَ وَهَاءَ وَالشَّعِيرُ بِالشَّعِيرِ رِبًا إِلاَّ هَاءَ وَهَاءَ وَالتَّمْرُ بِالتَّمْرِ رِبًا إِلاَّ هَاءَ وَهَاءَ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, Ali ibn Muhammad, Hisham ibn Ammar, Nasr ibn Ali, and Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us. They said: Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Malik ibn Aws ibn al-Hadathan al-Nasri, who said: I heard Umar ibn al-Khattab say that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Gold for gold is usury unless exchanged hand to hand; wheat for wheat is usury unless exchanged hand to hand; barley for barley is usury unless exchanged hand to hand; and dates for dates are usury unless exchanged hand to hand.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " الذَّهَبُ بِالذَّهَبِ رِبًا إِلاَّ هَاءَ وَهَاءَ وَالْبُرُّ بِالْبُرِّ رِبًا إِلاَّ هَاءَ وَهَاءَ وَالشَّعِيرُ بِالشَّعِيرِ رِبًا إِلاَّ هَاءَ وَهَاءَ وَالتَّمْرُ بِالتَّمْرِ رِبًا إِلاَّ هَاءَ وَهَاءَ " .
Hāʾ wa-hāʾ is an idiom for immediate, reciprocal exchange—each side handing over its portion on the spot.
Does “exchanged hand to hand” convey the immediate exchange required by hāʾ wa-hāʾ?