Sahih Muslim, 4087

Rapporté par Abu Nadra : J’ai interrogé Ibn Umar et Ibn Abbas رضي الله عنهم au sujet de l’échange d’or contre de l’or, et ils n’y voyaient pas de mal. J’étais assis avec Abd Sa‘id al-Khudri رضي الله عنه et je lui ai posé la même question. Il a dit : « Tout surplus est de l’intérêt. » Je n’ai pas accepté cela à cause de l’avis d’Ibn Abbas et d’Ibn Umar. Il a dit : « Je ne te rapporte que ce que j’ai entendu du Messager d’Allah ﷺ. Un propriétaire de palmeraie est venu avec un sa‘ de bonnes dattes, et les dattes du Prophète ﷺ étaient de cette couleur. Le Prophète ﷺ lui a demandé : “D’où tiens-tu ces dattes ?” Il a répondu : “J’ai échangé deux sa‘s de dattes ordinaires contre un sa‘ de ces bonnes dattes, car c’est le prix courant sur le marché.” Le Messager d’Allah ﷺ a dit : “Malheur à toi ! Tu as pratiqué l’intérêt. Si tu veux faire cela, vends tes dattes contre une autre marchandise (ou de l’argent), puis achète les dattes que tu veux.” » Abu Sa‘id a ajouté : « Quand on échange des dattes de qualités différentes, il y a un risque d’intérêt, de même pour l’or de différentes qualités. » Plus tard, je suis allé voir Ibn Umar, qui me l’a interdit, mais je ne suis pas allé voir Ibn Abbas رضي الله عنهم. Abu as-Sahba’ m’a raconté qu’il a interrogé Ibn Abbas à La Mecque, et lui aussi a désapprouvé cela

Abu Nadra reported:I asked Ibn Umar and Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) about the conversion of gold with gold but they did not find any harm in that. I was sitting in the company of Abd Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him) and asked him about this exchange, and he said: Whatever is addition is an' interest. I refused to accept it on account of their statement (statement of Ibn 'Abbas and Ibn 'Umar). He said: I am not narrating to you except what I heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). There came to him the owner of a date-palm with one sa' of fine dates, and the dates of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) were of that colour. Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said to him: Where did you get these dates? I went with two sa's of (inferior dates) and bought one sa' of (these fine dates), for that is the prevailing price (of inferior dates) in the market and that is the price (of the fine quality of dates in the market), whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Woe be upon you! You have dealt in interest, when you decide to do it (i. e. exchange superior quality of dates for inferior quality) ; so you should sell your dates for another commodity (or currency) and then with the help of that commodity buy the dates you like. Abu Sa'ad said: When dates are exchanged for dates (with different qualities) there is the possibility (of the element of) interest (creeping into that) or when gold is exchanged for gold having different qualities. I subsequently came to Ibn 'Umar and he forbade me (to do it), but I did not come to Ibn 'Abbas; (Allah be pleased with them). He (the narrator) said: Abu as-Sahba' narrated to me: He asked Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) in Mecca, and he too disapproved of it