Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2259
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، سَمِعَ مَالِكَ بْنَ أَوْسِ بْنِ الْحَدَثَانِ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " الذَّهَبُ بِالْوَرِقِ رِبًا إِلاَّ هَاءَ وَهَاءَ " . قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ سَمِعْتُ سُفْيَانَ يَقُولُ الذَّهَبُ بِالْوَرِقِ احْفَظُوا .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
ʿUmar reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Gold exchanged for silver is usury unless it is hand to hand.’ Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah said: I heard Sufyan say, ‘Gold exchanged for silver—remember this.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Al-wariq refers to silver currency. The expression hāʾ wa-hāʾ denotes an immediate, hand-to-hand exchange.