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bukhari:2175Ṣadaqah b. al-Faḍl > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > Yaḥyá b. Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah > Abū Bakrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Don't sell gold for gold unless equal in weight, nor silver for silver unless equal in weight, but you could sell gold for silver or silver for gold as you like."  

البخاري:٢١٧٥حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرَةَ ؓ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ تَبِيعُوا الذَّهَبَ بِالذَّهَبِ إِلاَّ سَوَاءً بِسَوَاءٍ وَالْفِضَّةَ بِالْفِضَّةِ إِلاَّ سَوَاءً بِسَوَاءٍ وَبِيعُوا الذَّهَبَ بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالْفِضَّةَ بِالذَّهَبِ كَيْفَ شِئْتُمْ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
bukhari:2182ʿImrān 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:٢١٨٢حَدَّثَنَا 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  

nasai:4578ʿAbbād 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:٤٥٧٨وَفِيمَا 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  

nasai:4579Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad b. Kathīr al-Ḥarrānī > Abū Tawbah > Muʿāwiyah b. Salāam > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

"The Messenger of Allah forbade us from selling silver for silver unless it was of equal amounts, or selling gold for gold unless it was of equal amounts. The messenger of Allah said: 'Sell gold for silver however you want, and silver for gold however you want."'  

النسائي:٤٥٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ سَلاَّمٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَبِيعَ الْفِضَّةَ بِالْفِضَّةِ إِلاَّ عَيْنًا بِعَيْنٍ سَوَاءً بِسَوَاءٍ وَلاَ نَبِيعَ الذَّهَبَ بِالذَّهَبِ إِلاَّ عَيْنًا بِعَيْنٍ سَوَاءً بِسَوَاءٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَبَايَعُوا الذَّهَبَ بِالْفِضَّةِ كَيْفَ شِئْتُمْ وَالْفِضَّةَ بِالذَّهَبِ كَيْفَ شِئْتُمْ  

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

ibnhibban:5014al-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:٥٠١٤أَخْبَرَنَا 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:6126ʿAbbād 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:٦١٢٦وَفِيمَا 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  

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السيوطي:٢٤٥٤٢a

"لا تَبيعُوا الذَّهَبَ بِالذَّهَبِ إِلا سَوَاءً بِسَوَاءِ، وَالْفِضَّةَ بِالْفِضَّةِ إِلا سَوَاءً بِسَوَاءٍ، وَبِيعُوا الذهَبَ بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالْفِضَّةَ بالذَّهَبِ كَيفَ شِئْتُمْ".  

[خ] البخاري عن عبد الرحمن بن أبي بكرة