Is it permissible to exchange one date for another date, or one handful for another handful?

Chapter on Riba (Usury) and Exchange (Sarf)

Al-Mughni

Book of Sales

Book 12 · Issue 2 · Bab 3

Open in Qurani

Primary text

It is not permissible to exchange one date for another date, nor one handful for another handful. This view aligns with Al-Thawri, although it is an inference derived from the principle that commodities originally subject to volume measurement cannot have equality established in transactions other than by that measure.