A partner of mine sold some Dirhams on credit in the market. I said, "Glorified be Allah! Is this legal?" He replied, "Glorified be Allah! By Allah, when I sold them in the market, nobody objected to it." Then I asked Al-Bara' bin ʿAzib (about it) he said, "We used to make such a transaction when the Prophet came to Medina. So he said, 'There is no harm in it if it is done from hand to hand, but it is not allowed on credit.' Go to Zaid bin Al- Arqam and ask him about it for he was the greatest trader of all of us." So I asked Zaid bin Al-Arqam., and he said the same (as Al-Bara) did."  

بَاعَ شَرِيكٌ لِي دَرَاهِمَ فِي السُّوقِ نَسِيئَةً فَقُلْتُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ أَيَصْلُحُ هَذَا فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ بِعْتُهَا فِي السُّوقِ فَمَا عَابَهُ أَحَدٌ فَسَأَلْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ فَقَالَ قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ نَتَبَايَعُ هَذَا الْبَيْعَ فَقَالَ مَا كَانَ يَدًا بِيَدٍ فَلَيْسَ بِهِ بَأْسٌ وَمَا كَانَ نَسِيئَةً فَلاَ يَصْلُحُ وَالْقَ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ فَاسْأَلْهُ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ أَعْظَمَنَا تِجَارَةً فَسَأَلْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ فَقَالَ مِثْلَهُ وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ مَرَّةً فَقَالَ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَنَحْنُ نَتَبَايَعُ وَقَالَ نَسِيئَةً إِلَى الْمَوْسِمِ أَوِ الْحَجِّ  

My partner sold silver to be paid in the (Hajj) season or (in the days of) Hajj. He (my partner) came to me and informed me, and I said to him: Such transaction is not desirable. He said: I sold it in the market (on loan) but nobody objected to this. I went to al-Bara' b. 'Azib and asked him, and he said: Allah's Apostle ﷺ came to Medina and we made such transaction, whereupon he said: In case the payment is made on the spot, there is no harm in it, and in case (it is 'sold) on loan, it is usury. You better go to Zaid b. Arqam, for he is a greater trader than I; so I went to him and asked him, and he said like it.  

بَاعَ شَرِيكٌ لِي وَرِقًا بِنَسِيئَةٍ إِلَى الْمَوْسِمِ أَوْ إِلَى الْحَجِّ فَجَاءَ إِلَىَّ فَأَخْبَرَنِي فَقُلْتُ هَذَا أَمْرٌ لاَ يَصْلُحُ قَالَ قَدْ بِعْتُهُ فِي السُّوقِ فَلَمْ يُنْكِرْ ذَلِكَ عَلَىَّ أَحَدٌ فَأَتَيْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَنَحْنُ نَبِيعُ هَذَا الْبَيْعَ فَقَالَ مَا كَانَ يَدًا بِيَدٍ فَلاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ وَمَا كَانَ نَسِيئَةً فَهُوَ رِبًا وَائْتِ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ فَإِنَّهُ أَعْظَمُ تِجَارَةً مِنِّي فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ  

[Machine] "He (Abu Al-Minhāl) said that he sold a partner of mine in Al-Kufa, dirhams for dirhams, with some surplus. So, I said, this does not seem right. He replied, I sold it in the market, and no one blamed me for it. So, I went to Al-Barā' bin 'Āzib and asked him about it. He said, The Prophet ﷺ came to Al-Madinah, and our trade used to be like this. He (the Prophet) said, if it is hand to hand, then there is no harm in it, and if it includes deception, then there is no good in it. Then, I went to Zaid bin Arqam, as he was the greater merchant than me. I went to him and mentioned it to him. He (Zaid) said, Al-Barā' is right. Al-Humaydi said, This (transaction) is abrogated and should not be taken into consideration."  

أَنَّهُ مَعَ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ يَقُولُ بَاعَ شَرِيكٌ لِي بِالْكُوفَةِ دَرَاهِمَ بِدَرَاهِمَ بَيْنَهُمَا فَضْلٌ فَقُلْتُ مَا أَرَى هَذَا يَصْلُحُ قَالَ لَقَدْ بِعْتُهَا فِي السُّوقِ فَمَا عَابَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيَّ أَحَدٌ فَأَتَيْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَتِجَارَتُنَا هَكَذَا فَقَالَ «مَا كَانَ يَدًا بِيَدٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ بِهِ وَمَا كَانَ نَسِيئًا فَلَا خَيْرَ فِيهِ» وَأَتَيْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ فَإِنَّهُ أَعْظَمُ تِجَارَةً مِنِّي فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ الْبَرَاءُ قَالَ الْحُمَيْدِيُّ «هَذَا مَنْسُوخٌ لَا يُأْخَذُ بِهَذَا»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ came to us in Medina while we were selling goods. He said, "If it is a hand-to-hand transaction, then there is no problem with it. And if it involves any violation or wrongdoing, then it is usury." Then he told me to bring Zaid ibn Arqam, so I went to him and asked him the same question, and he replied with the same answer.  

قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَنَحْنُ نَبِيعُ هَذَا الْبَيْعَ فَقَالَ «مَا كَانَ يَدًا بَيْدٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ بِهِ وَمَا كَانَ نَسِيئَةً فَهُوَ رَبًّا» ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي ائْتِ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ