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Sunan an-Nasai 4561 (Book 44, Hadith 113) #19094
Selling Gold & Silver Hand to Hand

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) forbade selling gold for gold, silver for silver, dates for dates, wheat for wheat and barley for barley unless it was equal amount for equal amount. He commanded to sell gold and silver hand to hand.

Muslim bin Yasar and Abdullah bin Ubaid who was called Ibn Hurmuz narrated that 'Ubadah bin As-Samit and Muawiyah met at a stopping place on the road'.Ubadah told them: "The Messenger of Allah forbade selling gold for gold, silver for silver, dates for dates, wheat for wheat, barley for barley"- one of them said: "salt for salt," but the other did not say it-"unless it was equal amount for equal amount, like for like". One of them said: "Whoever gives more or takes more has engaged in Riba," but he other one did not say it".And he commanded us to sell gold for silver and silver for gold, and wheat for barley and barley for wheat, hand to hand, however we wanted".
أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ - عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُسْلِمُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، - وَقَدْ كَانَ يُدْعَى ابْنَ هُرْمُزَ - قَالَ جَمَعَ الْمَنْزِلُ بَيْنَ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ وَبَيْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَهُمْ عُبَادَةُ، قَالَ نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ بَيْعِ الذَّهَبِ بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالتَّمْرِ بِالتَّمْرِ وَالْبُرِّ بِالْبُرِّ وَالشَّعِيرِ بِالشَّعِيرِ - قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا وَالْمِلْحِ بِالْمِلْحِ وَلَمْ يَقُلْهُ الآخَرُ - إِلاَّ سَوَاءً بِسَوَاءٍ مِثْلاً بِمِثْلٍ - قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا مَنْ زَادَ أَوِ ازْدَادَ فَقَدْ أَرْبَى وَلَمْ يَقُلْهُ الآخَرُ - وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَبِيعَ الذَّهَبَ بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالْفِضَّةَ بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْبُرَّ بِالشَّعِيرِ وَالشَّعِيرَ بِالْبُرِّ يَدًا بِيَدٍ كَيْفَ شِئْنَا
TOPICS
bay  *  selling  *  gold  *  silver  *  dates  *  wheat  *  barley  *  amounts  *  thahab  *  fiddah  *  tamar  *  yava  *  musawwam  *  riba

QUICK LESSONS:
Be fair while trading goods; Exchange equal amounts; Exchange gold & silver hand-to-hand .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the rules of trading goods in Islam. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ forbade selling gold or silver with other goods such as dates, wheat or barley unless it was an equal amount of each item being exchanged. He also commanded that when exchanging gold or silver with each other it should be done hand-to-hand so that no one is taken advantage of in the transaction. This hadith teaches us the importance of fairness in our dealings with others and not taking advantage of people’s ignorance or lack of knowledge when trading goods. It also encourages us to be honest in our transactions so that we can build trust between ourselves and others which will benefit everyone involved in a transaction.

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