Sahih al-Bukhari 3814

Book 63: Merits of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar) · Hadith 39

Hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَلَقِيتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سَلاَمٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ فَقَالَ أَلاَ تَجِيءُ فَأُطْعِمَكَ سَوِيقًا وَتَمْرًا، وَتَدْخُلَ فِي بَيْتٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّكَ بِأَرْضٍ الرِّبَا بِهَا فَاشٍ، إِذَا كَانَ لَكَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ حَقٌّ فَأَهْدَى إِلَيْكَ حِمْلَ تِبْنٍ، أَوْ حِمْلَ شَعِيرٍ أَوْ حِمْلَ قَتٍّ، فَلاَ تَأْخُذْهُ، فَإِنَّهُ رِبًا‏.‏ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ النَّضْرُ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ وَوَهْبٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ الْبَيْتَ‏.‏

Narrated Abu Burda:When I came to Medina. I met `Abdullah bin Salam. He said, "Will you come to me so that I may serve you with Sawiq (i.e. powdered barley) and dates, and let you enter a (blessed) house that in which the Prophet (ﷺ) entered?" Then he added, "You are In a country where the practice of Riba (i.e. usury) is prevalent; so if somebody owes you something and he sends you a present of a load of chopped straw or a load of barley or a load of provender then do not take it, as it is Riba

Abu Burda bataate hain: Jab main Madina aaya, main Abdullah bin Salam se mila. Unhone kaha, "Kya aap mere ghar aayenge taake main aapko Sawiq (yaani pise hue jau) aur khajooren khila sakun, aur aapko us ghar mein daakhil hone dun jismein Nabi daakhil hue the?" Phir unhone joda, "Aap ek aise desh mein hain jahaan Riba (yaani sood) phaila hua hai; isliye agar koi aapka qarzdaar hai aur woh aapko tohfe ke tor par bhoosa, jau, ya chaara ka ek bojh bhejta hai, to use mat lena, kyunke yeh Riba hai."

Sahih al-Bukhari 3814 · Book 63, Hadith 39

Read all hadith in Book 63: Merits of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar)