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Bayhaqi 10499 — Evidence that those of the first generation who said

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنا أَبُو الْفَضْلِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أنا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى، ثنا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدَ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، وَابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الصَّرْفِ، فَلَمْ يَرَيَا بِهِ بَأْسًا وَإِنِّي لَقَاعِدٌ عِنْدَ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الصَّرْفِ، فَقَالَ: " مَا زَادَ فَهُوَ رِبًا "، فَأَنْكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِقَوْلِهِمَا، فَقَالَ: لَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ إِلَّا مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَاءَهُ صَاحِبُ نَخْلَةٍ بِصَاعٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ طَيِّبٍ، وَكَانَ تَمْرُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هُوَ الدُّونَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أَنَّى لَكَ هَذَا؟ " قَالَ: انْطَلَقْتُ بِصَاعِي وَاشْتَرَيْتُ بِهِ هَذَا الصَّاعَ فَإِنَّ سِعْرَ هَذَا بِالسُّوقِ كَذَا وَسِعْرَ هَذَا بِالسُّوقِ كَذَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أَرْبَيْتَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ ذَلِكَ فَبِعْ تَمْرَكَ بِسِلْعَةٍ، ثُمَّ اشْتَرِ بِسِلْعَتِكَ أِيَّ تَمْرٍ شِئْتَ " فَقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ: فَالتَّمْرُ بِالتَّمْرِ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يَكُونَ رِبًا، وَالْفِضَّةُ بِالْفِضَّةِ، قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ بَعْدُ فَنَهَانِي وَلَمْ آتِ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الصَّهْبَاءِ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْهُ فَكَرِهَهُ رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَقَالَ: وَكَانَ تَمْرُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَذَا اللَّوْنَ.
Abu Nadrah said: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) about exchange (sarf), and they both saw no harm in it. I was sitting with Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him about exchange, and he said: Whatever is in excess is usury (riba). I objected to that because of the view of those two (Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them), so Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I will narrate to you only what I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). A man who owned date palms came with a sa' of fine dates, while the dates of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) were of an inferior kind. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Where is this from?" He said: I took a sa' of my dates and bought this sa' with it — and he said: In the market the price of this one is such-and-such and the price of that one is such-and-such. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have dealt in usury. When you wanted that, you should have sold your dates for a price, then bought whatever dates you wished with that price." Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Is dates for dates more deserving to be usury, or silver for silver? He said: I came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and he forbade me, and I did not go to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both).
(b) Abu al-Sahba' said that he asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) about it, and he disliked it.
(c) Ishaq bin Ibrahim said: The dates of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) were of this colour.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب البيوع / 10499
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحيح
Hadith Takhrij «صحيح۔ مسلم 1594»