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Umdat al-Ahkam (al-Maqdisi) 284عمدة الأحكام 284
عن أبي بكرة - رضي الله عنه - قال: «نهى رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - عن الفضة بالفضة، والذهب بالذهب، إلا سواء بسواء، وأمرنا: أن نشتري الفضة بالذهب، كيف شئنا. ونشتري الذهب بالفضة كيف شئنا. قال: فسأله رجل فقال: يدا بيد؟ فقال: هكذا سمعت».
Abd al-Rabman b. Abia Bakra reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the sale of gold for gold, and silver for silver except equal for equal, and commanded us to buy silver for gold as we desired and buy gold for silver as we desired. A person asked him (about the nature of payment), whereupon he said: It is to be made on the spot. This is what I heard (from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him ).
Grading
Its text is in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim
Chain of narrators
نفيع بن الحارث بن كلدة
Abu Bakra