Muwatta 1848

Malik transmits from Zayd ibn Aslam, from Ata ibn Yasar, that Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan sold a water vessel of gold or silver for more than its weight. Abu al-Darda said: I heard the Messenger forbid such a thing except equal for equal. Muawiya said: I see no harm in such a thing. Abu al-Darda said: who will excuse me from Muawiya? I tell him what I heard from the Messenger, and he tells me his opinion. I will not live with you in a land where you are. Abu al-Darda went to Umar ibn al-Khattab (may God be pleased with him) and told him about it, and Umar wrote to Muawiya that it be sold only equal for equal, by weight for weight. The editor notes that Ibn Abd al-Barr said the report is apparently disconnected, since Ata did not hear from Abu al-Darda as far as is known. ¹

Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Sales. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Malik ibn Anas, Zayd ibn Aslam, Ata ibn Yasar, Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan, Abu al-Darda Uwaymir, Umar ibn al-Khattab. Built on in the chapters on currency exchange (sarf).