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Sunan ad-Darimi 2496

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أَخْبَرَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ بِلَالٍ

قَالَ: كَانَ عِنْدِي مُدُّ تَمْرٍ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَوَجَدْتُ أَطْيَبَ مِنْهُ صَاعًا بِصَاعَيْنِ، فَاشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْهُ، فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «مِنْ أَيْنَ لَكَ هَذَا يَا بِلَالُ؟». قُلْتُ: اشْتَرَيْتُ صَاعًا بِصَاعَيْنِ. قَالَ: «رُدَّهُ وَرُدَّ عَلَيْنَا تَمْرَنَا»

Sunan ad-Darimi 2496, Book 19, Trade, Hadith 46. 1 min read

What it means

Bilāl came to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) with some good Burni dates. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was surprised at their good quality and asked him: "From where did you get these dates?" Bilāl responded: "I had some other dates of less quality so I sold two Sā‘s of them for one Sā‘ of these Barni dates (in an exchange) to let the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) eat from them.

The Prophet was greatly disturbed by this deal and he expressed his annoyance because any form of disobedience in his sight was the greatest calamity. So he explained himself and said: "What you did Bilāl is the prohibited usury in essence. So, never do it. If you want to exchange something of bad quality, sell it first and then buy with its money something of better quality.

This is the permissible way to do this kind of transaction in order to stay away from impermissible ways.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Ad-Darimi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Ad-DarimiCompiler, died 255 AH
  2. 2Uthman ibn UmarInformed us, Third generation, died 207 AH
  3. 3Israil ibn YunusInformed us, Third generation, died 160 AH
  4. 4Abu Ishaq as-SabiiFrom, Successor, died 126 AH
  5. 5Masruq ibn al-AjdaFrom, Successor, died 62 AH
  6. 6Bilal ibn RabahFrom, Companion, died 20 AH

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