English translation
[4061] 80 - (1587) It was narrated that Abû Qilâbah said: "I was in Ash-Shâm in a gathering where Muslim bin Yasâr was present, when Abû Al-Ash'ath came." He said: "They said: 'Abû Al-Ash'ath.' And I said: 'Abû Al-Ash'ath!' He sat down and I said to him: 'Tell our brothers the Hadîth of 'Ubâdah bin Aş-Sâmît.' He said: 'Yes. We went out on a campaign when Mu'âwiyah was in charge of the people, and acquired a great deal of the spoils of war. Among the spoils we seized were some vessels of silver. Mu'âwiyah ordered a man to sell them, to be paid for when the people received their stipends, and the people hastened to buy them. News of that reached 'Ubâdah bin Aş-Şâmit and he stood up and said: I heard the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ forbidding the sale of gold for gold, silver for silver, wheat for wheat, barley for barley, dates for dates, salt for salt, except equal for equal, same for same. Whoever adds something more, or asks for something more, he has engaged in Ribâ." "So the people returned what they had taken. News of that reached Mu'âwiyah and he stood up and delivered a speech, saying: 'What is the matter with men who narrated Ahadîth from the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, when we were present with him and accompanied him, and we did not hear that from him?' "'Ubâdah bin Aş-Şâmit stood up and repeated the story, then he said: 'We will narrate what we heard from the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, even if Mu'âwiyah does not like it' - or he said, 'in spite of him. I do not care if I do not join his troops on a dark night.'" Hammâd (one of the narrators) said: "This, or something like this."