Ḥadīth 84043 - وَ رَوَى صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ اَلْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ : سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلصَّرْفِ وَ قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ اَلرِّفْقَةَ رُبَّمَا عَجِلَتْ فَلَمْ نَقْدِرْ عَلَى اَلدِّمَشْقِيَّةِ وَ اَلْبَصْرِيَّةِ وَ إِنَّمَا يَجُوزُ بِنَيْسَابُورَ اَلدِّمَشْقِيَّةُ وَ اَلْبَصْرِيَّةُ فَقَالَ "وَ مَا اَلرِّفْقَةُ " فَقُلْتُ اَلْقَوْمُ يَتَرَافَقُونَ وَ يَجْتَمِعُونَ لِلْخُرُوجِ فَإِذَا عَجِلُوا فَرُبَّمَا لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا عَلَى اَلدِّمَشْقِيَّةِ وَ اَلْبَصْرِيَّةِ فَبِعْنَاهَا بِالْغِلَّةِ فَصَرَفُوا اَلْأَلْفَ وَ اَلْخَمْسِينَ مِنْهَا بِأَلْفٍ مِنَ اَلدِّمَشْقِيَّةِ فَقَالَ "لاَ خَيْرَ فِيهَا أَ فَلاَ تَجْعَلُونَ فِيهَا ذَهَباً لِمَكَانِ زِيَادَتِهَا " فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَشْتَرِي اَلْأَلْفَ وَ دِينَاراً بِأَلْفَيْ دِرْهَمٍ قَالَ "لاَ بَأْسَ إِنَّ أَبِي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ كَانَ أَجْرَأَ عَلَى أَهْلِ اَلْمَدِينَةِ مِنَّا فَكَانَ يَفْعَلُ هَذَا فَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ اَلْفِرَارُ وَ لَوْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ بِدِينَارٍ لَمْ يُعْطَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ وَ لَوْ جَاءَ بِأَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ لَمْ يُعْطَ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ وَ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ" "نِعْمَ اَلشَّيْءُ اَلْفِرَارُ مِنَ اَلْحَرَامِ إِلَى اَلْحَلاَلِ".
Hadith.4043 - Safwan ibn Yahya narrated from Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj, who said:
I asked Imam (as) about currency exchange, and I said to Imam (as): "Sometimes during travel, the caravan may hurry, and we are unable to find the Damascene and Basran currencies. However, only the Damascene and Basran currencies are accepted in Nishapur.
Imam (as) asked: 'What is the caravan?'
I said: 'It refers to a group of people who travel together and prepare for departure. If they hurry, they may not find the required currencies, so we sell them the lower-quality coins, exchanging 1,050 of these for 1,000 Damascene coins.'
Imam (as) said: 'There is no good in this. Why don't you add gold to it to account for the excess amount?'"
I said to Imam (as): "Can I buy 1,000 and a dinar with 2,000 dirhams?"
Imam (as) said: "There is no harm in it. My father (as) was bolder than us towards the people of Medina. He used to do this, and they would say it is merely a tactic.
They would claim that if a man brought a dinar, he would not receive 1,000 dirhams, and if he brought 1,000 dirhams, he would not receive a dinar."
Then Imam (as) used to say: 'What an excellent thing it is to flee from the unlawful to the lawful.'"