Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: In our view, it is unanimously agreed that if a person lends an animal whose appearance and characteristics are known, there is no objection; the debtor should return an animal of the same kind. However, it is not permissible to lend a slave-girl, because this is a means of making the unlawful lawful. People would borrow each other's slave-girls, then have intercourse with them as long as they wished, and then return them to the owner. This is not lawful. The people of knowledge have always prohibited this and have never permitted it to anyone.
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: Whoever gives a loan to someone, let him not stipulate anything extra from him, even if it is a handful of grass, for that is riba.
Hadith Referenceموطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ / كتاب البيوع / 1391
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:موقوف ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«موقوف ضعيف، وأخرجه البيهقي فى«سننه الكبير» برقم: 10937، وعبد الرزاق فى «مصنفه» برقم: 14658، وابن أبى شيبة فى «مصنفه» برقم: 22754، 22761، فواد عبدالباقي نمبر: 31 - كِتَابُ الْبُيُوعِ-ح: 94»