وَحَدَّثَنِي وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِك، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، كَانَ يَقُولُ : " مَنْ أَسْلَفَ سَلَفًا، فَلَا يَشْتَرِطْ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ قَبْضَةً مِنْ عَلَفٍ فَهُوَ رِبًا " .
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.