148 hadith
A business partner of mine sold some silver on credit, with payment due at the season or at the time of Hajj. He came to me and told me about it, so I said, "This is not a permissible transaction." He replied, "I sold it in the marketplace,…
مسلم 4071SahihSharik sold silver on my behalf on credit until the season, or until the Hajj. He came to me and informed me, so I said, "This is a matter that is not lawful." He replied, "I sold it in the market, and no one objected to me about it." So I…
الأعظمي 5702SahihZayd bin Arqam and Bara bin Azib [[r3]] were business partners. They bought some silver, partly with cash and partly on credit. When this reached the Prophet ﷺ, he instructed them to allow what was paid in cash and to return what was bought…
أحمد 19307SahihI asked Abu Minhal about currency exchange done hand to hand. He said, "A partner and I bought something, part on the spot and part on credit. Bara bin Azib came to us, and we asked him about it. He replied, 'My partner Zayd bin Arqam and I…
البخاري 2497-2498SahihA business partner of mine sold some silver coins in the market on credit, so I said, "Glory be to Allah! Is this permissible?" He replied, "Glory be to Allah! By Allah, I sold them in the market and no one criticized it." So I asked Bara…
الأعظمي 5726SahihZayd bin Arqam and Bara bin Azib were business partners. They bought silver with both immediate and deferred payment. When this reached the Prophet ﷺ, he instructed them that whatever was paid for in cash was permissible, and whatever was…
الأعظمي 5728SahihA partner of mine sold some silver coins in the market on deferred payment, so I said, "Glory be to Allah, is this permissible?" He replied, "Glory be to Allah, by Allah, I sold them in the market and no one objected to it." So I asked Bara…
البخاري 3939-3940SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no usury in transactions made hand to hand."
الأعظمي 5717SahihBilal came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with some dates, and the Prophet ﷺ asked him, "Where did you get these from?" Bilal replied, "I had some poor-quality dates, so I sold them and bought these with the proceeds." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Oh…
أحمد 11595SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not sell a Dinar for two Dinars, nor a dirham for two dirhams, nor a saa for two saas, for I fear for you the rama, and rama is usury." A man stood up and asked, "Messenger of Allah, what about a man who…
أحمد 5885DaifThe Prophet ﷺ came to us in Medina while we were engaged in this kind of trade. He said, "Whatever is hand to hand is fine, but whatever is on credit is usury." Then he said to me, "Go to Zayd bin Arqam." So I went to him and asked him, and…
النسائي 4579SahihHe mentioned a story in which he said that when Abdullah arrived, he was given the choice between thirty thousand and silver vessels, and he chose the vessels. Then merchants from Darin came, and he sold the vessels to them at a rate of ten…
أحمد 20524SahihI used to trade in currency exchange, so I asked Zayd bin Arqam [[r1]] about it, and he said that the Prophet ﷺ said... Fadl bin Yaqub narrated to me, Hajjaj bin Muhammad narrated to us, Ibn Jurayj said, Amr bin Dinar and Amir bin Musab…
البخاري 2060-2061SahihSome dates were brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said, "These dates are not from our dates." The man replied, "Messenger of Allah, we sold two measures of our dates for one measure of these." The Messenger of Allah said, "This is…
مسلم 4084SahihMuawiya wrote to Abdul-Rahman bin Shibl, instructing him to teach the people what he had heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So he gathered them together and said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Merchants are the wrongdoers.'"…
أحمد 15666BSahihI asked Ibn Abbas about currency exchange, and he said, "Hand to hand?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Then there is no harm in it." So I informed Abu Saeed, saying, "I asked Ibn Abbas about currency exchange, and he said, 'Hand to hand?' I said,…
الأعظمي 5721SahihBilal came to the Prophet ﷺ with some Barni dates. The Prophet ﷺ asked him, "Where did these come from?" Bilal replied, "I had some poor-quality dates, so I sold two measures of them for one measure of these to feed the Prophet ﷺ." At that,…
الأعظمي 5712SahihThe man in charge of the dates brought the Messenger of Allah ﷺ some dates, and the Messenger did not recognize the type. He asked, "Where did you get these from?" The man replied, "We exchanged two saa of our dates for one saa of these."…
أحمد 10992SahihMalik bin Aws bin Hadathan Nasri said that he was looking to exchange a hundred dinars. He said, "Talha bin Ubaydullah called me over, and we negotiated until he agreed to make the exchange with me. He took the gold and kept turning it over…
مالك 1376SahihThat a man sells wheat for gold on deferred payment, and then buys dates with that gold before he has taken possession of the gold.
مالك 1385SahihBilal came to the Prophet ﷺ with some Barni dates. The Prophet ﷺ asked him, "Where did these come from?" Bilal replied, "We had some poor-quality dates, so I sold two measures of them for one measure of these in order to feed the Prophet…
البخاري 2312SahihTalq said, I asked Ibn Umar and Ibn Abbas about currency exchange, and neither saw any harm in it. Later, while I was sitting with Abu Saeed Khudri, I asked him the same question, and he replied, "Whatever is given in excess is usury." I…
الأعظمي 5720SahihI asked Ibn Abbas about currency exchange. He asked, "Hand to hand?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Then there is no harm in it." So I informed Abu Saeed. I said, "I asked Ibn Abbas about currency exchange and he asked, 'Hand to hand?' I said…
مسلم 4086SahihBilal brought some Barni dates, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, "Where did these come from?" Bilal replied, "We had some dates of poor quality, so I sold two measures of them for one measure of these, to provide food for the Prophet…
مسلم 4083SahihHe heard a man ask Saeed bin Musayab, "I am a man who sells on credit." Saeed replied, "Sell nothing except what you have already brought back to your own lodging."
مالك 1424SahihThe owner of the dates came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a date, and the Messenger of Allah did not recognize this type, so he asked, "Where did you get this from?" He replied, "We bought one saa of these dates with two saa of our own…
أحمد 11555SahihI asked Ibn Abbas about currency exchange, and he said, "Hand to hand?" I said, "Yes." He said, "There is no harm in it." So I met Abu Saeed Khudri and told him that I had asked Ibn Abbas about currency exchange and he had said there was no…
أحمد 11582SahihI heard Abu Saeed al-Khudri say, "A dinar for a dinar and a dirham for a dirham, like for like. Whoever gives more or takes more has engaged in usury." I said to him, "Ibn Abbas says something different from this." He replied, "I met Ibn…
الأعظمي 5718SahihI exchanged silver for gold with Talha bin Ubaydullah. He said, "Wait until our treasurer comes to us from the forest." Umar bin Khattab [[r1]] heard this and said, "No, by Allah, do not part from him until you have taken your exchange in…
أحمد 238SahihView hadith
مالك 1454Not a hadithView hadith
مالك 1455Not a hadithI came forward saying, "Who will exchange dirhams?" Talha bin Ubaydullah, who was sitting with Umar bin Khattab, said, "Show us your gold, then come back to us when our treasurer arrives and we will give you your silver." Umar said, "No, by…
ابن ماجه 2260SahihI asked Ibn Umar and Ibn Abbas about currency exchange, and neither of them saw any harm in it. Then, while I was sitting with Abu Saeed Khudri, I asked him about currency exchange. He said, "Whatever is given in excess is usury." I…
مسلم 4087SahihHe said, "I came along asking, 'Who will exchange dirhams?'" Talha bin Ubaydullah, who was sitting with Umar bin Khattab, said, "Show us your gold, then come back to us when our servant arrives and we will give you your silver." Umar bin…
مسلم 4059SahihHe sought to exchange one hundred dinars. He said, Talha bin Ubayd Allah called me over, and we negotiated until he agreed to make the exchange with me. He took the gold and began turning it over in his hand, then said, "Wait until my…
الأعظمي 5698SahihAbdullah and Ubaydullah, the sons of Umar bin Khattab, went out with an army to Iraq. On their way back they passed by Abu Musa Ashari, who was the governor of Basra, and he welcomed them warmly and made them comfortable. Then he said, "If…
مالك 1441SahihI came with some dinars of mine wanting to exchange them. Talha bin Ubaydullah met me and took them to exchange, then said, "Wait until my treasurer Salm arrives." Abu Amir said, "From al-Ghabah." And he said in all of them, "Hand to hand."…
أحمد 314SahihSomeone asked him about a man who hires an animal and then hires it out to another for more than he paid for it. He replied, "There is no harm in that."
مالك 1440SahihHe asked Ibn Shihab about selling animals, two in exchange for one, with the payment deferred. Ibn Shihab replied, "There is no harm in that."
مالك 1400SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no riba in transactions conducted hand to hand."
أحمد 21757SahihI used to trade in currency exchange, so I asked Bara bin Azib and Zayd bin Arqam about it. They said, "We were traders during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so we asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about currency exchange." He said, "If…
الأعظمي 5727SahihI asked Bara bin Azib and Zayd bin Arqam, and they said, "We were merchants during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we asked the Prophet ﷺ about currency exchange. He said, 'If it is hand to hand, there is no harm in it, but if it…
أحمد 19317SahihI sold some cloth of mine to people of Dar Nakhlah on credit, to be paid at a set date. Then I wanted to travel to Kufa, so they proposed that I drop part of the price and they would pay me at once in cash. I asked Zayd bin Thabit about…
مالك 1420SahihHisham bin Amir came to Basra and found the people exchanging gold from their stipends. He stood up and said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the sale of gold for silver on deferred terms, and he informed us," or he said, "indeed, that is…
أحمد 16266DifficultHe informed him that he was seeking to exchange one hundred dinars. Talha bin Ubaydullah called me over, and we negotiated until he agreed to make the exchange with me. He took the gold and began turning it over in his hand, then said,…
البخاري 2174SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Three things contain blessing: a sale on credit, a partnership of profit-sharing, and mixing wheat with barley for the household, not for sale."
ابن ماجه 2289DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade selling an animal for an animal on credit, two for one, but there is no harm in it when done hand to hand.
الأعظمي 5890HasanKathir bin Farqad reported that he asked Abu Bakr bin Muhammad bin Amr bin Hazm about a man who sells food to another man for gold to be paid at a later date, and then buys dates with that gold before he has actually taken possession of it.…
مالك 1386SahihView hadith
مالك 1456Not a hadithThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade selling gold for silver on credit.
أحمد 18541SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no riba in transactions conducted hand to hand."
مسلم 4090SahihI asked Abu Saeed, "Did you hear anything from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about exchanging gold for gold and silver for silver?" He replied, "I will tell you what I heard from him. The man in charge of his dates came to him with some fine…
أحمد 11075SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, and Sufyan once said that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Gold for silver is usury unless exchanged hand to hand, wheat for wheat is usury unless exchanged hand to hand, barley for barley is usury…
أحمد 162SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no harm in exchanging one animal for two hand to hand," but he disliked it being done on credit.
ابن ماجه 2271DaifI asked Bara bin Azib and Zayd bin Arqam about currency exchange, and each one of them said, "This one is better than me." Both of them said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the sale of gold for silver on credit."
الأعظمي 5725SahihI came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Wait a moment, I have a question for you. I sell camels at al-Baqi for dinars and take dirhams in their place." He replied, "There is no harm in taking them at the day's exchange rate, as long as you do…
النسائي 4593HasanA man said to another, "Buy this camel for me with cash, so that I may then buy it from you on credit." Abdullah bin Umar was asked about this, and he disapproved of it and forbade it.
مالك 1412DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said regarding animals, "Two for one is fine when exchanged hand to hand, but there is no good in it on credit."
أحمد 15094DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Gold for gold is usury unless it is hand to hand, wheat for wheat is usury unless it is hand to hand, barley for barley is usury unless it is hand to hand, and dates for dates is usury unless it is hand to…
ابن ماجه 2253SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought some moist, fresh dates, while the dates the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had were rain-fed and somewhat dry. He asked, "Where did you get these from?" They replied, "We bought them at a rate of one saa for two…
النسائي 4558Sahih