Muwatta Malik #1368
Business Transactions
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم اسْتَعْمَلَ رَجُلاً عَلَى خَيْبَرَ فَجَاءَهُ بِتَمْرٍ جَنِيبٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَكُلُّ تَمْرِ خَيْبَرَ هَكَذَا " . فَقَالَ لاَ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا لَنَأْخُذُ الصَّاعَ مِنْ هَذَا بِالصَّاعَيْنِ وَالصَّاعَيْنِ بِالثَّلاَثَةِ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ تَفْعَلْ بِعِ الْجَمْعَ بِالدَّرَاهِمِ ثُمَّ ابْتَعْ بِالدَّرَاهِمِ جَنِيبًا " .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd al-Hamid ibn Suhayl ibn
Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf from Said ibn al-Musayyab from Abu Said al-
Khudri and from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, appointed a man as an agent in Khaybar,
and he brought him some excellent dates. The Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to him, "Are all the dates
of Khaybar like this?" He said,"No. By Allah, Messenger of Allah! We
take a sa of this kind for two sa or two sa for three." The Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Do not do
that. Sell the assorted ones for dirhams and then buy the good ones
with the dirhams."
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This hadith is #1368 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Business Transactions.