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Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard from his
grandfather, Malik ibn Abi Amir that Uthman ibn Affan said, "The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to
me, 'Do not sell a dinar for two dinars nor a dirham for two dirhams.'
"
Muwatta Malik Book 31, Hadith 32
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Humayd ibn Qays al-Makki that
Mujahid said, "I was with Abdullah ibn Umar and an artisan came to him
and said, 'Abu Abd ar-Rahman - I fashion gold and then sell what I
have made for more than its weight. I take an amount equivalent to the
work of my hand.' Abdullah forbade him to do that, so the artisan
repeated the question to him, and Abdullah continued to forbid him
until he came to the door of the mosque or to an animal that he
intended to mount. Then Abdullah ibn Umar said, 'A dinar for a dinar,
and a dirham for a dirham. There is no increase between them. This is
the command of ourProphet to us and our advice to you.' "
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn
Yasar that Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan sold a gold or silver drinking-
vessel for more than its weight. Abu'dDarda said, "I heard the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
forbidding such sales except like for like." Muawiya said to him, "I
don't see any harm in it." Abu'd-Darda said to him, "Who will excuse
me from Muawiya? I tell him something from the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he gives me his own opinion!
I will not live in the same land as you!" Then Abu'd-Darda went to
Umar ibn al-Khattab and mentioned that to him. Umar ibn al-Khattab
therefore wrote to Muawiya, "Do not sell it except like for like,
weight for weight."