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The Sufficient (Vol 5) · Hadith 923 (#Ḥadīth #14)

Chapter 115 | Currency Exchange

14- أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَأْتِينِي بِالْوَرِقِ فَأَشْتَرِيهَا مِنْهُ بِالدَّنَانِيرِ فَأَشْتَغِلُ عَنْ تَعْيِيرِ وَزْنِهَا وَانْتِقَادِهَا وَفَضْلِ مَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ فِيهَا فَأُعْطِيهِ الدَّنَانِيرَ وَأَقُولُ لَهُ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ بَيْعٌ فَإِنِّي قَدْ نَقَضْتُ الَّذِي بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ مِنَ الْبَيْعِ وَوَرِقُكَ عِنْدِي قَرْضٌ وَدَنَانِيرِي عِنْدَكَ قَرْضٌ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَنِي مِنَ الْغَدِ وَأُبَايِعَهُ قَالَ لَيْسَ بِهِ بَأْسٌ.

14. Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ibrahim , about the case of a man who came to me with dirham and I bought them from him with dinars; then I because of manner of weighing, cashing and the difference in between, I gave him dinars and said, ‘It is not a sale between us; I change what is between us in the form of sale. Your dirham with me is in the form of loan and my dinar with you is in the form of loan until you come tomorrow, then I sell . 5 He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not unlawful . 555

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