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Sahih Muslim 1594b (Book 22, Hadith 123) #11199
Prohibiting Usury and Encouraging Exchange of Equal Value

SUMMARY: Allah's Messenger (PBUH) prohibited usury and encouraged people to exchange goods of equal value.

Abu Sa'id (Allah be pleased with him) reported: Dates were brought to Allah's Messenger , and he said: These dates are not like our dates, whereupon a man said: We sold two sa's of our dates (in order to get) one sa', of these (fine dates), whereupon Allah's Messenger said: That is interest; so return (these dates of fine quality), and get your (inferior dates) ; then sell our dates (for money) and buy for us (with the help of money) such (fine dates).
وَحَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْقِلٌ، عَنْ أَبِي قَزَعَةَ، الْبَاهِلِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بِتَمْرٍ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَا هَذَا التَّمْرُ مِنْ تَمْرِنَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِعْنَا تَمْرَنَا صَاعَيْنِ بِصَاعٍ مِنْ هَذَا ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ هَذَا الرِّبَا فَرُدُّوهُ ثُمَّ بِيعُوا تَمْرَنَا وَاشْتَرُوا لَنَا مِنْ هَذَا

TOPICS
usury  *  exchange  *  goods  *  value  *  riba  *  musawamah

QUICK LESSONS:
Exchange goods with equal value instead of taking interest or riba from someone else in order to gain more wealth .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the prohibition of usury or riba in Islam. It was narrated by Abu Sa'id that dates were brought to Allah's Messenger (PBUH). He said that these dates were not like their own dates, which meant they were better quality. A man then said that they had sold two sa's of their own dates for one sa' of these fine dates. Upon hearing this, Allah's Messenger (PBUH) declared it as interest or riba and asked them to return the fine quality dates and get back their inferior ones instead. He then suggested that they should sell their inferior quality dates for money and use the money to buy the better quality ones instead. This hadith teaches us about the importance of exchanging goods with equal value rather than taking interest or riba from someone else in order to gain more wealth. It also shows us how merciful Allah's Messenger was towards his people as he did not want them to suffer any losses due to taking interest or riba from others.

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