Jami at-Tirmidhi

Hadith 1241

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What Has Been Related About Exchange

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Darussalam · Volume 3

12. The Chapters On Business From The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 522

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1241. Nāfi' narrated: "Ibn 'Umar and I went to Abū Sa'eed and he narrated to us: 'the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said – and I heard him with these [two] ears: "Do not sell gold for gold except kind for kind, nor silver for silver except kind for kind, do not exchange more of one than the other, and do not sell what is not present from them for what is present." (Ṣaḥīh) [Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from Abū Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthmān, Abū Hurairah, Hishām bin 'Āmir, Al-Barā', Zaid bin Arqam, Faḍālah bin 'Ubaid, Abū Bakrah, Ibn 'Umar, Abū Ad-Dardā', and Bilāl. [He said:] the Hadīth of Abū Sa'eed, from the Prophet ﷺ [about Ribā] is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīh Hadīth. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others, except for what has been related from Ibn 'Abbās; he did not see any harm in exchanging gold for gold or silver for silver, more for less, when it is done hand to hand, and he said: "Ribā is only in credit." Similar has been related from some of his companions. It has been related that Ibn 'Abbās changed his opinion when Abū Sa'eed narrated it to him from the Prophet ﷺ. The first view is more correct. And this is acted upon according to the people of knowledge [among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others]. It is the view of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Ibn Al-Mubārak, Ash-Shāfi'i, Ahmad, and Ishāq. It has been reported that Ibn Al-Mubārak said: "There no difference over exchange."

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١٢٤١ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ‌حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ‌شَيْبَانُ ، عَنْ ‌يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ ، عَنْ ‌نَافِعٍ قَالَ: انْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَابْنُ عُمَرَ إِلَى ‌أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ، فَحَدَّثَنَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ - سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَايَ هَاتَانِ يَقُولُ: «لَا تَبِيعُوا الذَّهَبَ بِالذَّهَبِ إِلَّا مِثْلًا بِمِثْلٍ»، وَالْفِضَّةَ بِالْفِضَّةِ إِلَّا مِثْلًا بِمِثْلٍ، لَا يُشَفُّ بَعْضُهُ عَلَى بَعْضٍ، وَلَا تَبِيعُوا مِنْهُ غَائِبًا بِنَاجِزٍ. وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرَ، وَعُثْمَانَ، وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، وَهِشَامِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، وَالْبَرَاءِ، وَزَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ، وَفَضَالَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، وَأَبِي بَكْرَةَ، وَابْنِ عُمَرَ، وَأَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، وَبِلَالٍ. وَحَدِيثُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الرِّبَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ، إِلَّا مَا رُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يَرَى بَأْسًا أَنْ يُبَاعَ الذَّهَبُ بِالذَّهَبِ مُتَفَاضِلًا، وَالْفِضَّةُ بِالْفِضَّةِ مُتَفَاضِلًا، إِذَا كَانَ يَدًا بِيَدٍ، وَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا الرِّبَا فِي النَّسِيئَةِ، وَكَذَلِكَ رُوِيَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ هَذَا، وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ رَجَعَ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ حِينَ حَدَّثَهُ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَالْقَوْلُ الْأَوَّلُ أَصَحُّ. وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ، وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ وَالشَّافِعِيِّ وَأَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ. وَرُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَيْسَ فِي الصَّرْفِ اخْتِلَافٌ.

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"Lā Yushaffu" means making an increase or decrease during exchange. And "Nājiz" means present. Exchange of gold with silver, or silver with gold, or gold with gold, and silver with silver, on credit, is not lawful. It is unanimously agreed upon. An exchange of the same kind with increase or decrease is also unlawful. The command of the Prophet ﷺ is that "Ribā is in loan." It means taking a loan and returning it with increase in it. This type of exchange was customary among the people of that time. The Prophet ﷺ disapproved it and declared it unlawful. If the kind is not the same in the exchange there can be increase or decrease in it, and it is approved, but if the deal of exchange is on credit, it is unlawful.