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(Book 31, Hadith 44) #36386
Prohibiting Usury

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the prohibition of usury and how Marwan ibn al-Hakam took action to prevent it.

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that receipts were given to people in the time of Marwan ibn al-Hakam for the produce of the market at al-Jar. People bought and sold the receipts among themselves before they took delivery of the goods. Zayd Thabit and one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went to Marwan ibn al-Hakam and said, "Marwan! Do you make usury halal?" He said, "I seek refuge with Allah! What is that?" He said, "These receipts which people buy and sell before they take delivery of the goods". Marwan therefore sent a guard to follow them and to take them from people's hands and return them to their owners.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ ‏.‏ أَنَّ صُكُوكًا، خَرَجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ فِي زَمَانِ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ مِنْ طَعَامِ الْجَارِ فَتَبَايَعَ النَّاسُ تِلْكَ الصُّكُوكَ بَيْنَهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْتَوْفُوهَا فَدَخَلَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ فَقَالاَ أَتُحِلُّ بَيْعَ الرِّبَا يَا مَرْوَانُ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَمَا ذَاكَ فَقَالاَ هَذِهِ الصُّكُوكُ تَبَايَعَهَا النَّاسُ ثُمَّ بَاعُوهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْتَوْفُوهَا فَبَعَثَ مَرْوَانُ الْحَرَسَ يَتْبَعُونَهَا يَنْزِعُونَهَا مِنْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ وَيَرُدُّونَهَا إِلَى أَهْلِهَا
TOPICS
usury  *  receipts  *  ribaa  *  qabd  *  halal  *  haram  *  alhakam

QUICK LESSONS:
Do not engage in activities which are forbidden by Allah , Spread knowledge about what is permissible or forbidden .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the prohibition of usury and how Marwan ibn al-Hakam took action to prevent it. In this hadith, Zayd Thabit and one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah asked Marwan if he made usury permissible. Usury is when people buy and sell receipts before they take delivery of goods in order to make a profit off them. When Marwan heard this he was shocked as he knew that usury was forbidden in Islam so he sent a guard to follow them and take away any receipts that were being used for such purposes. This hadith teaches us that we should not engage in activities which are forbidden by Allah as they will only lead to harm for ourselves in this world and the hereafter. We should also strive to spread knowledge about what is permissible or forbidden so that others may benefit from it too.

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