SHOPPING SECTION · 13 – THE SALE OF A SWORD'S ORNAMENT WITH SILVER COINS
Fedâle bin Ubeyd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
In the year of the conquest of Khaybar, a necklace adorned with gold and precious stones was brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings upon him). The narrators Abu Bakr and Ahmad bin Mani said: A necklace containing precious stones bound with gold was brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings upon him). Someone purchased the necklace for nine or seven dinars. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings upon him) said, “It is not permissible unless the gold is separated from the stones.” The man said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings upon him), I intended to purchase the stone of the necklace." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings upon him) said, “It is not permissible unless the gold is separated from the precious stones.” Fedâle said: Then the man returned the necklace, and the gold was separated from the stones. Ibn Isa stated that the man’s words ‘I intended the stone’ were narrated as ‘I intended trade.’ Abu Dawud said: In Ibn Isa's book, it is written as 'stone (hicare)'. Another person says 'trade (ticare).'
EXPLANATION
Gılâde: Means a necklace.
Haraz: Means beads. This hadith is evidence that purchasing a necklace containing a mixture of gold and other metals equivalent in weight to gold is not permissible. According to Imam al-A’zam, if the amount of gold purchased is more than the mixed substance, then the transaction is permissible. If the purchased mixture is equal to or less than it, it is not permissible, he says.
Abu Dawud said: In Ibn Isa's book of hadith, it was written as "hicareten." He changed it to "ticareten.” If it is called 'hicaret,' then it would be like saying, “O Messenger of Allah, I intended the gold with the necklace’s bead and purchased it with gold.” If it is called ‘trade,’ then it would be like saying, “O Messenger of Allah, I intended trade while purchasing the necklace with gold,” or the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings upon him) said, "Regardless of what you intend, it is not permissible to purchase gold with a bead unless you separate the gold from it."
Fedâle bin Ubeyd, may Allah be pleased with him, related:
I purchased a necklace on the day of the conquest of Khaybar, containing gold and precious stones, for twelve dinars. I separated the gold from the stones. I found in the necklace more than twelve dirhams of gold, and I mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “The necklace cannot be sold until the gold is separated from the other metal.”
According to the narration of Fadala ibn Ubayd (may Allah be pleased with him), he said:
“We were with the Messenger of Allah during the conquest of Khaybar.” We would buy and sell from the Jews at a rate of one Ukkiyah of gold for one dinar. The narrators other than Kutayyiba said that they would buy and sell one dinar for two or three dinars. Then the narrators agreed upon the words of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), “Buy and sell gold for gold, with equal weight.”