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4566. Muslim bin Yasâr and 'Abdullâh bin 'Ubaid said: "Ubâdah bin Aş-Şâmit and Mu'âwiyah met at a stopping place on the road. 'Ubâdah said: 'The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ forbade us
to sell gold for gold, silver for silver, wheat for wheat, barley for barley, dates for dates” – one of them said: “salt for salt,” but the other did not say it – “unless it was equal amount for equal amount, like for like.” One of them said: “Whoever gives more or takes more has engaged in Ribâ,” but the other one did not say it. “And he commanded us to sell gold for silver and silver for gold, and wheat for barley and barley for wheat, hand to hand, however we wanted.” News of this Hadîth reached Mu’âwiyyah and he stood up and said: ‘What is the matter with men who narrate Hadîths from the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ when we accompanied him and we never heard him say it?’ News of that reached Ubâdah bin As-Şâmit and he stood up and repeated the Hadîth, then he said: ‘We will narrate what we heard from the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, whether Mu’âwiyyah likes it or not.’ Qatâdah contradicted him, he reported it from Muslim bin Yasâr, from Abû Al-Ash’ath, from Ubâdah. (Şâhih)
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Ubâdah bin As-Şâmit was one of the Nuqba (Naqib), or headman of the Aqabah Pledge. He is included among the earliest of the Ansâr. The period of his educational training and nurturing under the shade of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ is greater than that of Mu’awiyah. Mu’awiyah embraced Islam in 7H, a year after the Truce of Hudaybiyyah. Therefore, there is nothing astonishing that Mu’awiyah might not have heard this command from the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ. This command is also transmitted by Abû Hurairah, ‘Umar, and some other Companions (may Allâh be pleased with them all). And it is authentic without a grain of doubt.
