Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 386 – Volume 3, Book 34

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Volume 3, Book 34, Number 386:
Narrated Abu Salih Az-Zaiyat:
I heard Abu Said Al-Khudri saying, "The selling of a Dinar for a Dinar, and a Dirham for a Dirham
(is permissible)." I said to him, "Ibn 'Abbas does not say the same." Abu Said replied, "I asked Ibn 'Ab –
bas whether he had heard it from the Prophet s or seen it in the Holy Book. Ibn 'Abbas replied, "I do
not claim that, and you know Allah's Apostle better than I, but Usama informed me that the Prophet
had said, 'There is no Riba (in money exchange) except when it is not done from hand to hand (i.e.
when there is delay in payment).' "