Amr bin Dinar said: I was with Abu al-Minhal, and he was saying: A partner of mine in Kufah sold dirhams for dirhams with a difference between them, so I said: I do not think this is proper. He (the partner) said: I sold them in the market and no one objected to me. So I went to Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him, and he said: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Madinah while our trade was like this, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whatever is hand to hand, there is no harm in it, and whatever is on deferred payment, there is no good in it." Then I went to Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him), for he was a bigger trader than me, and mentioned this to him, and he said: Al-Bara' spoke the truth.
Al-Humaydi said: "This (ruling) is abrogated; it is not acted upon."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الألف / 450
Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Nu'm narrates that Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) met Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and testified concerning the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Gold for gold and silver for silver, like for like; whoever gives more has dealt in usury (riba)." Then Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "I repent to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, of the verdict I used to give." Then he retracted (his verdict).
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الألف / 451
Abu al-Jawza' narrates: I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) about sarf (currency exchange), about (selling) one dirham for two dirhams hand to hand, and he said: "I see no harm in whatever is hand to hand." Then I came to Makkah the following year, and he had forbidden it.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الألف / 452
Abu al-Sha'tha' narrates: I heard Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) saying: "O Allah, I repent to You of (the verdict on) sarf; it was merely my own opinion, whereas here is Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrating it from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الألف / 453
Abu al-Sha'tha' narrates: I heard Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) saying: "I seek Allah's forgiveness and I repent to Him of (the verdict on) sarf."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الألف / 454
Atiyyah narrates: Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): Repent to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. He said: I seek Allah's forgiveness and I repent to Him. Abu Sa'id said: Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade (selling) gold for gold and silver for silver (with any difference in amount), and said: "I fear usury (riba) for you"? I asked Atiyyah: What is usury? He said: "The excess and the difference between the two."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الألف / 455
Bakr bin Abdullah al-Muzani narrates that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) came from Madinah to Makkah, and I was with him. He praised and extolled Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, then said: O people, there is no harm in sarf (currency exchange) as long as it is hand to hand; usury (riba) is only in deferred payment. This statement spread among the people of the East and the West, until, when the Hajj season ended, Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) came to him (Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both) and said: O Ibn Abbas, have you consumed usury and fed it to others? He said: Have I done so? Abu Sa'id said: Yes. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Gold for gold, weight for weight, like for like, its raw ore and its coined gold (alike); whoever gives more or asks for more has dealt in usury. And silver for silver, weight for weight, like for like, its raw and its coined (alike); whoever gives more or asks for more has dealt in usury. And barley for barley, dates for dates, and salt for salt, like for like; whoever gives more or asks for more has dealt in usury." Then, when the following year came, Ibn Abbas came, and I went with him. He praised and extolled Allah, then said: O people, last year I said something from my own opinion, and I seek Allah's forgiveness for it and repent to Him. Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Gold for gold, weight for weight, like for like, raw and coined (alike); whoever gives more and asks for more has dealt in usury." And he repeated to the people (the ruling on) these six kinds.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الألف / 456
Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When fornication and usury (riba) appear openly in a town, they have made lawful for themselves (the punishment mentioned in) the Book of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الألف / 457