(44) باب بَيْعِ الشَّعِيرِ بِالشَّعِيرِ
It was narrated from Sulaiman bin Ali:
"Abu Al-Mutawakkil passed by them in the market and some people, including me, stood up to greet him. We said: 'We have come to you to ask you about transactions.' He said: 'I heard a man say to Abu Saeed Al-Khudri': 'Is there anyone between you and the Messenger of Allah (in the chain of narrators) apart from Abu Saeed Al-Khudri? He said: 'There is no one else between him and I. He said: Gold for gold, silver for silver, wheat for wheat, barley for barley, dates for dates, salt for salt, equal amounts. Whoever gives more than that or takes more has engaged in Riba, and the taker and the giver are the same."'
Reference: Sunan an-Nasa'i 4565
In-book reference: Book 44, Hadith 117
English translation: Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 4569