Hadith 3939

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو ، سَمِعَ أَبَا الْمِنْهَالِ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ مُطْعِمٍ ، قَالَ : بَاعَ شَرِيكٌ لِي دَرَاهِمَ فِي السُّوقِ نَسِيئَةً ، فَقُلْتُ : سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ أَيَصْلُحُ هَذَا ، فَقَالَ : سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ بِعْتُهَا فِي السُّوقِ فَمَا عَابَهُ أَحَدٌ , فَسَأَلْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ ، فَقَالَ : قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ نَتَبَايَعُ هَذَا الْبَيْعَ ، فَقَالَ : " مَا كَانَ يَدًا بِيَدٍ فَلَيْسَ بِهِ بَأْسٌ , وَمَا كَانَ نَسِيئَةً فَلَا يَصْلُحُ " , وَالْقَ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ فَاسْأَلْهُ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ أَعْظَمَنَا تِجَارَةً , فَسَأَلْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ ، فَقَالَ : مِثْلَهُ ، وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ : مَرَّةً ، فَقَالَ : قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَدِينَةَ وَنَحْنُ نَتَبَايَعُ ، وَقَالَ : " نَسِيئَةً إِلَى الْمَوْسِمِ أَوِ الْحَجِّ " .
Narrated Abu Al-Minhal `AbdurRahman bin Mut`im: A partner of mine sold some Dirhams on credit in the market. I said, "Glorified be Allah! Is this legal?" He replied, "Glorified be Allah! By Allah, when I sold them in the market, nobody objected to it." Then I asked Al-Bara' bin `Azib (about it) he said, "We used to make such a transaction when the Prophet came to Medina. So he said, 'There is no harm in it if it is done from hand to hand, but it is not allowed on credit.' Go to Zaid bin Al- Arqam and ask him about it for he was the greatest trader of all of us." So I asked Zaid bin Al-Arqam., and he said the same (as Al-Bara) did."
Hadith Reference صحيح البخاري / كتاب مناقب الأنصار / 3939
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
This sale is not permissible, because in the sale of currency (sarf), mutual possession (taqabud) in the same sitting is necessary, as has already been mentioned in the Book of Transactions (Kitab al-Buyu‘). At the end of the hadith, the narrator is uncertain whether the word used was "season" (mawsim) or "Hajj." The relevance to the chapter is derived from the fact that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) arrived in Madinah.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 3939
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:

That is, Sufyan, when narrating, would sometimes not specify the term of the credit, and at other times he would mention the term of the credit, such as until the harvest season or until Hajj.


In any case, such a transaction of buying and selling is not permissible, because in the buying and selling of currency, deferred payment is not allowed; rather, the transaction must be completed in the same sitting, as this issue has been explained in the Book of Sales (Kitab al-Buyu‘).


In this hadith, the arrival of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) in Madinah is mentioned; therefore, Imam Bukhari (rahimahullah) has narrated this hadith.

And Allah knows best.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 3939