Ma'mar b. Abdullah reported that he sent his slave with a sa' of wheat and said to him: Sell it, and then buy with it barley. The slave went away and he got a sa' (of barley) and a part of sa' over and above that. When he came to Ma'mar he informed him about that, whereupon Ma'mar said to him: Why did you do that? Go back and return that, and do not accept but weight, for weight, for I used to hear from Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: Wheat for wheat and like for like. He (one of the narrators) said: Our food in those days consisted of barley. It was said to him (Ma'mar) that (wheat) is not like that (barley). He replied: I am afraid these may not be similar
Read More..Abu Huraira and Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with them) reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) deputed a person from Banu 'Adi al-Ansari to collect revenue from Khaibar. He came with a fine quality of dates, whereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said to him: Are all the dates of Khaibar like this? He said: Allah's Messenger, it is not so. We buy one sa' of (fine quality of dates) for two sa's out of total output (including even the inferior quality of dates), whereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Don't do that, but like for like, or sell this (the inferior quality and receive the price) and then buy with the price of that, and that would make up the measure.
Read More..Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) deputed a person to collect revenue from Khaibar. He brought fine quality of dates, whereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Are all the dates of Khaibar like this)? He said: No. We got one sa' (of fine dates) for two sa's (of inferior dates), and (similarly) two sa's for three sa's. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Don't do that rather sell the inferior quality of dates for dirhams (money), and then buy the superior quality with the help of dirhams.
Read More..Abd Sa'id reported: Bilal (Allah be pleased with him) came with fine quality of dates. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said to him: From where (you have brought them)? Bilal said: We had inferior quality of dates and I exchanged two sa's (of inferior quality) with one sa (of fine quality) as food for Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), whereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Woe! it is in fact usury; therefore, don't do that. But when you intend to buy dates (of superior quality), sell (the inferior quality) in a separate bargain and then buy (the superior quality). And in the hadith transmitted by Ibn Sahl there is no mention of whereupon .
Read More..Abu Sa'id (Allah be pleased with him) reported: Dates were brought to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), and he said: These dates are not like our dates, whereupon a man said: We sold two sa's of our dates (in order to get) one sa', of these (fine dates), whereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: That is interest; so return (these dates of fine quality), and get your (inferior dates) ; then sell our dates (for money) and buy for us (with the help of money) such (fine dates).
Read More..Abu Sa'id (Allah be pleased with him) reported: We were given to eat, during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), dates of different qualities mixed together, and we used to sell two sa's of these for one sa, (of fine quality of dates). This reached Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), whereupon he said: There should be no exchange of two sa's of (inferior) dates for one sa (of fine dates) and two sa's of (inferior) wheat for one sa' of (fine) wheat. and one dirham for two dirharms.
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