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Sahih Muslim 1589bصحيح مسلم 1589b
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ حَبِيبٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا الْمِنْهَالِ، يَقُولُ سَأَلْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ عَنِ الصَّرْفِ، فَقَالَ سَلْ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ فَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ . فَسَأَلْتُ زَيْدًا فَقَالَ سَلِ الْبَرَاءَ فَإِنَّهُ أَعْلَمُ ثُمَّ قَالاَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ بَيْعِ الْوَرِقِ بِالذَّهَبِ دَيْنًا.
Habib reported that he heard Abu Minhal as saying: I asked al-Bara' b. Azib about the exchange of (gold for silver or vice versa), whereupon he said: you better ask Zaid b. Arqam for he knows more than I. So I asked Zaid but he said: You better ask al-Bara' for he knows more than I. Then both of them said: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the sale of silver for gold when payment is to be made in future.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
عبيد الله بن معاذ ← معاذ بن معاذ بن نصر ← شعبة بن الحجاج بن الورد ← حبيب بن أبي ثابت ← عبد الرحمن بن مطعم ← البراء بن عازب بن الحارث
Ubaydullah ibn Mu'adh → Mu'adh ibn Mu'adh ibn Nasr → Shu'ba ibn al-Hajjaj ibn al-Ward → Habib ibn Abi Thabit → Abd al-Rahman ibn Mut'im → Al-Bara