أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ أَنَّ أَبَا الْمُتَوَکِّلِ مَرَّ بِهِمْ فِي السُّوقِ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ أَنَا مِنْهُمْ قَالَ قُلْنَا أَتَيْنَاکَ لِنَسْأَلَکَ عَنْ الصَّرْفِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ قَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مَا بَيْنَکَ وَبَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غَيْرُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ لَيْسَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ غَيْرُهُ قَالَ فَإِنَّ الذَّهَبَ بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْوَرِقَ بِالْوَرِقِ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ أَوْ قَالَ وَالْفِضَّةَ بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالْبُرَّ بِالْبُرِّ وَالشَّعِيرَ بِالشَّعِيرِ وَالتَّمْرَ بِالتَّمْرِ وَالْمِلْحَ بِالْمِلْحِ سَوَائً بِسَوَائٍ فَمَنْ زَادَ عَلَی ذَلِکَ أَوْ ازْدَادَ فَقَدْ أَرْبَی وَالْآخِذُ وَالْمُعْطِي فِيهِ سَوَائٌ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4580
It was narrated from Sulaiman bin ‘Ali: “Abu Al Mutawakkil passed by them in the market and some people, including me, stood up to greet him. We said: ‘We have come to you to ask you about transactions.’ He said: ‘I heard a man say to Abu Saeed Al Khudrl’: Is there anyone between you and the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم (in the chain of narrators) apart from Abu Saeed Al-Khudri?’ He said: ‘There is no one else between him and I. He said: Gold for gold, silver for silver, wheat for wheat, barley for barley, dates for dates, salt for salt, equal amounts. Whoever gives more than that or takes more has engaged in Riba, and the taker and the giver are the same.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020