Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي سَعِيدٍ أَسَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الذَّهَبِ بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ بِالْفِضَّةِ قَالَ سَأُخْبِرُكُمْ مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْهُ جَاءَهُ صَاحِبُ تَمْرِهِ بِتَمْرٍ طَيِّبٍ وَكَانَ تَمْرُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُقَالُ لَهُ اللَّوْنُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ أَيْنَ لَكَ هَذَا التَّمْرُ الطَّيِّبُ قَالَ ذَهَبْتُ بِصَاعَيْنِ مِنْ تَمْرِنَا وَاشْتَرَيْتُ بِهِ صَاعًا مِنْ هَذَا قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَرْبَيْتَ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ فَالتَّمْرُ بِالتَّمْرِ أَرْبَى أَمْ الْفِضَّةُ بِالْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبُ بِالذَّهَبِ.
English Translation
Abu Mu'awiyah told us, Dawud ibn Abi Hind told us, from Abu Nadrah, who said: I said to Abu Sa'id: "Did you hear from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, concerning gold for gold and silver for silver?" He said: "I will tell you what I heard from him. The keeper of his dates brought him good dates — the Prophet's dates, peace and blessings be upon him, were called al-Lawn. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to him: 'Where did you get these good dates?' He said: 'I took two sa' of our dates and bought with them one sa' of these.' The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to him: 'You have practiced usury!'" Then Abu Sa'id said: "So is dates for dates usury, or [only] silver for silver and gold for gold?"