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ahmad:20395 – Ismāʿīl > Yaḥyá b. Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakarah

[Machine] Abu Bakr prohibited us, the Messenger of Allah, from buying silver with silver and gold with gold, except like for like. And he ordered us to buy silver with gold and gold with silver in whatever way we wished. Thabit ibn Ubaid asked him, "Hand in hand?" He said, "That's how I heard it."  

أحمد:٢٠٣٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

أَبُو بَكَرَةَ نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَبْتَاعَ الْفِضَّةَ بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبَ بِالذَّهَبِ إِلَّا سَوَاءً بِسَوَاءٍ وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَبْتَاعَ الْفِضَّةَ فِي الذَّهَبِ وَالذَّهَبَ فِي الْفِضَّةِ كَيْفَ شِئْنَا فَقَالَ لَهُ ثَابِتُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ يَدًا بِيَدٍ؟ قَالَ هَكَذَا سَمِعْتُ  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
bukhari:2182 – ʿImrān b. Maysarah > ʿAbbād b. al-ʿAwwām > Yaḥyá b. Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

that his father said, "The Prophet ﷺ forbade the selling of gold for gold and silver for silver except if they are equivalent in weight, and allowed us to sell gold for silver and vice versa as we wished."  

البخاري:٢١٨٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ؓ قَالَ

نَهَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الْفِضَّةِ بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ بِالذَّهَبِ إِلاَّ سَوَاءً بِسَوَاءٍ وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَبْتَاعَ الذَّهَبَ بِالْفِضَّةِ كَيْفَ شِئْنَا وَالْفِضَّةَ بِالذَّهَبِ كَيْفَ شِئْنَا  

muslim:1590a – Abū al-Rabīʿ al-ʿAtakī > ʿAbbād b. al-ʿAwwām > Yaḥyá b. Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

It is to be made on the spot. This is what I heard (from Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him ).  

مسلم:١٥٩٠a – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الْعَتَكِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْفِضَّةِ بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ بِالذَّهَبِ إِلاَّ سَوَاءً بِسَوَاءٍ وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَشْتَرِيَ الْفِضَّةَ بِالذَّهَبِ كَيْفَ شِئْنَا وَنَشْتَرِيَ الذَّهَبَ بِالْفِضَّةِ كَيْفَ شِئْنَا قَالَ فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَدًا بِيَدٍ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا سَمِعْتُ  

nasai:4578 – ʿAbbād b. al-ʿAwwām > Yaḥyá b. Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

"The Messenger of Allah forbade selling silver for silver and gold for gold, unless it was of equal amounts. And he told us to sell gold for silver however we wanted, and silver for gold however we wanted.  

النسائي:٤٥٧٨ – وَفِيمَا قَرَأَ عَلَيْنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ بَيْعِ الْفِضَّةِ بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ بِالذَّهَبِ إِلاَّ سَوَاءً بِسَوَاءٍ وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَبْتَاعَ الذَّهَبَ بِالْفِضَّةِ كَيْفَ شِئْنَا وَالْفِضَّةَ بِالذَّهَبِ كَيْفَ شِئْنَا  

ahmad:20496 – Ismāʿīl > Yaḥyá b. Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakarah

[Machine] Abu Bakrah narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited us from trading silver with silver and gold with gold, except equally. And he commanded us to trade silver with gold and gold with silver as we wish. So Thabit ibn Abdullah asked him, "Hand in hand?" He replied, "Yes, that is how I heard it."  

أحمد:٢٠٤٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

أَبُو بَكَرَةَ نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَبْتَاعَ الْفِضَّةَ بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبَ بِالذَّهَبِ إِلَّا سَوَاءً بِسَوَاءٍ وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَبْتَاعَ الْفِضَّةَ فِي الذَّهَبِ وَالذَّهَبَ فِي الْفِضَّةِ كَيْفَ شِئْنَا فَقَالَ لَهُ ثَابِتُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَدًا بِيَدٍ؟ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا سَمِعْتُ  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ بَيْعِ الْفِضَّةِ بِالْفِضَّةِ، وَالذَّهَبِ بِالذَّهَبِ، إِلَّا مِثْلًا بِمِثْلٍ

ibnhibban:5014 – al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > Musaddad > Ismāʿīl > Yaḥyá b. Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah

"The Messenger of Allah forbade selling silver for silver and gold for gold, unless it was of equal amounts. And he told us to sell gold for silver however we wanted, and silver for gold however we wanted. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4578)   

ابن حبّان:٥٠١٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

أَبُو بَكْرَةَ «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَبْتَاعَ الْفِضَّةَ بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبَ بِالذَّهَبِ إِلَّا سَوَاءً بِسَوَاءٍ وَأَمَرَ أَنْ يَبْتَاعَ الْفِضَّةَ بِالذَّهَبِ كَيْفَ شَاءَ وَالذَّهَبَ بِالْفِضَّةِ كَيْفَ شَاءَ»  

nasai-kubra:6126 – ʿAbbād b. al-ʿAwwām > Yaḥyá b. Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

that his father said, "The Prophet ﷺ forbade the selling of gold for gold and silver for silver except if they are equivalent in weight, and allowed us to sell gold for silver and vice versa as we wished." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2182)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦١٢٦ – وَفِيمَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ بَيْعِ الْفِضَّةِ بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ بِالذَّهَبِ إِلَّا سَوَاءً بِسَوَاءٍ وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَبْتَاعَ الذَّهَبَ فِي الْفِضَّةِ كَيْفَ شِئْنَا وَالْفِضَّةَ بِالذَّهَبِ كَيْفَ شِئْنَا  

bayhaqi:10502 – Abū ʿAmr Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Adīb > Abū Bakr al-Ismāʿīlī > Abū Yaʿlá > Abū al-Rabīʿ > ʿAbbād b. al-ʿAwwām > Yaḥyá b. Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

It is to be made on the spot. This is what I heard (from Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him ). (Using translation from Muslim 1590a)   

البيهقي:١٠٥٠٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَدِيبُ أنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو يَعْلَى ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ ثنا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ بَيْعِ الْفِضَّةِ بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ بِالذَّهَبِ إِلَّا سَوَاءً بِسَوَاءٍ وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَشْتَرِيَ الْفِضَّةَ بِالذَّهَبِ وَنَشْتَرِيَ الذَّهَبَ بِالْفِضَّةِ كَيْفَ شِئْنَا قَالَ فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَدًا بِيَدٍ؟ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا سَمِعْتُ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ كِلَاهُمَا عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِّ