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
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.