148 hadith
The 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 Prophet ﷺ said that selling on credit against the offspring of an unborn camel is usury.
أحمد 2145SahihSome 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 4084SahihTalq 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 5720SahihA 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 4071SahihI 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 5718SahihSharik 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 5702SahihThe 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 4579SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Selling on credit with payment due at the time an unborn camel's offspring gives birth is usury."
النسائي 4626SahihI 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 4087SahihI 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 238SahihMalik 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 1376SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Advance payment for the offspring of an unborn animal is usury."
الأعظمي 5769SahihThe 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 2253SahihHe 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 4059SahihI 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 2260SahihWhoever gives a loan must not stipulate anything better than it in return, and even if it is only a handful of fodder, that is usury.
مالك 1433DaifI came to Madinah and met Abdullah bin Salam [[r1]]. He said, "Won't you come so I may feed you sawiq and dates, and you enter a house?" Then he said, "You are in a land where usury is widespread. If a man owes you a debt and he gives you a…
البخاري 3814SahihThe 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 Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Gold for silver is usury unless it is exchanged hand to hand, wheat for wheat is usury unless it is exchanged hand to hand, dates for dates is usury unless it is exchanged hand to hand, and barley for barley…
أبو داود 3348SahihThe 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 162SahihI 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 314SahihHe 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 2174SahihHe 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 5698SahihI 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 11582SahihBilal 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 4083SahihHisham 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 16266DifficultI 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 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 2312SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Gold for silver is usury unless exchanged hand to hand, dates for dates is usury unless exchanged hand to hand, wheat for wheat is usury unless exchanged hand to hand, and barley for barley is usury unless…
النسائي 4562SahihI 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 5721SahihIt is reported from the Prophet ﷺ that he said, "Wheat for wheat is usury except hand to hand, barley for barley is usury except hand to hand, and dates for dates is usury except hand to hand."
البخاري 2170Sahih"Who has change?" Talha said, "I do, until our treasurer comes from the forest." Sufyan said, this is what we memorized from Zuhri without any addition. He said, Malik bin Aws bin Hadathan informed me that he heard Umar bin Khattab [[r1]]…
البخاري 2134SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and on another occasion he said, "Usama informed me that he said, 'Usury is in deferred transactions.'"
أحمد 21778SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Gold for silver is usury unless exchanged hand to hand." Abu Bakr bin Abu Shayba said, "I heard Sufyan say, 'Gold for silver, remember this well.'"
ابن ماجه 2259SahihAbu Saeed Khudri met Ibn Abbas and said to him, "What do you think of your view regarding currency exchange? Is it something you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, or something you found in the Book of Allah [[r4]]?" Ibn Abbas replied, "I…
مسلم 4091SahihThe 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 10992SahihAbu Saeed Khudri sent me to Ibn Abbas, telling me, "Ask him about currency exchange. Did you hear something from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that we did not hear, or did you read something in the Book of Allah that we did not read?" Ibn Abbas…
أحمد 21817SahihA 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 1412DaifMuawiya 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 15666BSahihView hadith
مالك 1454Not a hadithThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned a man from the Children of Israil who asked another man from the Children of Israil to lend him a sum of money. The lender handed it over to him for a fixed term. He then narrated the rest of the hadith.
البخاري 2404SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no riba in transactions conducted hand to hand."
أحمد 21757SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned a man who asked one of the Children of Israil to lend him a thousand Dinars, and the lender handed them over to him for a specified term. Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, and Ata said, "If he…
البخاري 2734SahihThe 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 11555SahihHe was asked about a man who owes another man a debt due at a fixed term, where the creditor waives part of what is owed and the debtor pays it ahead of time. Abdullah bin Umar disapproved of this and forbade it.
مالك 1421HasanView hadith
مالك 1444Not a hadithThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever intercedes on someone's behalf and is then given a gift in return which he accepts has entered through a great gateway of usury."
أحمد 22251DaifHe heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "There is no riba except in deferred transactions."
أحمد 21762SahihNo, by Allah, you must either give him his silver or return his gold to him, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Silver for gold is usury unless exchanged on the spot, wheat for wheat is usury unless exchanged on the spot, barley for barley…
الترمذي 1243SahihSomeone 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 1440SahihA man came to Abdullah bin Umar and said, "Abu Abdul-Rahman, I lent a man a loan and stipulated that he repay me more than what I lent him." Abdullah bin Umar said, "That is riba." The man asked, "Then what do you advise me to do, Abu…
مالك 1431DaifAbdullah 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 1441SahihThe 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 5890HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no riba in transactions conducted hand to hand."
مسلم 4090SahihPeople used to buy gold with silver on credit, with payment deferred until the time of the stipend distribution. Hisham bin Amir came upon them and forbade them from doing so, saying, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us from selling gold…
أحمد 16252DifficultThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The milk of the milch animal may be drawn in exchange for its upkeep when it is pledged as collateral, and the back of the riding animal may be ridden in exchange for its upkeep when it is pledged as collateral. The one…
أبو داود 3526SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade selling gold for silver on credit.
أحمد 18541SahihThat 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 1385Sahih