Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ أَنَّ بُسْرَ بْنَ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ غُلَامًا لَهُ بِصَاعٍ مِنْ قَمْحٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ بِعْهُ ثُمَّ اشْتَرِ بِهِ شَعِيرًا فَذَهَبَ الْغُلَامُ فَأَخَذَ صَاعًا وَزِيَادَةَ بَعْضِ صَاعٍ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ مَعْمَرًا أَخْبَرَهُ بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَعْمَرٌ أَفَعَلْتَ انْطَلِقْ فَرُدَّهُ وَلَا تَأْخُذْ إِلَّا مِثْلًا بِمِثْلٍ فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ أَسْمَعُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ الطَّعَامُ بِالطَّعَامِ مِثْلًا بِمِثْلٍ وَكَانَ طَعَامُنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ الشَّعِيرَ قِيلَ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِثْلَهُ قَالَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يُضَارِعَ حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو أَنَّ أَبَا النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ بُسْرَ بْنَ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ.
English Translation
Hasan told us, he said: Ibn Lahi'ah told us, he said: Abu al-Nadr told us that Busr ibn Sa'id told him, from Ma'mar ibn Abdullah: that he sent a servant boy of his with a sa' of wheat and said to him: "Sell it, then buy barley with it." The boy went and took a sa' plus a bit more. When he came to Ma'mar and told him of that, Ma'mar said to him: "Did you do that? Go, return it, and take nothing but like for like, for I used to hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Food for food, like for like' — and our food at that time was barley." It was said: "But it is not the same." He said: "I fear that it resembles usury." Harun told us, he said: Ibn Wahb told us, he said: Amr informed me that Abu al-Nadr told him that Busr ibn Sa'id told him, from Ma'mar ibn Abdullah, and he mentioned its meaning.