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Selling gold for silver on credit is forbidden

bukhari:2180Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Ḥabīb b. Abī Thābit > Abū al-Minhāl

I asked al-Bara b. Azib and Zayd b. Arqam ᴿᴬ about currency exchange. Each one of them would say, “This one is better than me,” and both of them said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade selling gold for silver on credit.

البخاري:٢١٨٠حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْمِنْهَالِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ وَزَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ ؓ عَنِ الصَّرْفِ، فَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا يَقُولُ: هَذَا خَيْرٌ مِنِّي، فَكِلاَهُمَا يَقُولُ: نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ بَيْعِ الذَّهَبِ بِالْوَرِقِ دَيْنًا.

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ahmad:18541Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Ḥabīb > Abū al-Minhāl > Zayd b. Arqam And al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib Yaqūlān Nahá Rasūluāllh ﷺ

[AI] I heard Zaid bin Arqam and Al-Bara' bin 'Azib say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade selling gold for debts using paper money.

أحمد:١٨٥٤١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنِي حَبِيبٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ وَالْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ يَقُولَانِ نَهَى رَسُولُاللهِ ﷺ عَنْ بَيْعِ الذَّهَبِ بِالْوَرِقِ دَيْنًا

ahmad:19274Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Ḥabīb / Ibn Abū Thābit > Abū al-Minhāl

[AI] I heard Zaid ibn Arqam and Al-Bara' ibn 'Azib saying, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited selling gold for paper debt."

أحمد:١٩٢٧٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ وَالْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ يَقُولَانِ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ بَيْعِ الذَّهَبِ بِالْوَرِقِ دَيْنًا