The practice according to the people of knowledge is upon this: they disapproved of fraud, and they said: fraud is forbidden.

73 - Chapter: What has been reported concerning borrowing a camel or something from animals (1)

1363 - Abu Kurayb narrated to us, he said: Waki' narrated to us, from 'Ali ibn Salih, from Salamah ibn Kuhayl, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, borrowed a young camel, then he gave back a young camel better than the one he had borrowed, and he said: "The best of you are those who are best in repaying." (2)

In this chapter, there is also a narration from Abu Rafi'.

The hadith of Abu Hurayrah is a hasan sahih hadith.

Shu'bah and Sufyan also narrated it from Salamah.

The practice according to some of the people of knowledge is upon this: they saw no harm in borrowing a young camel from camels, and this is the saying of al-Shafi'i, Ahmad, and Ishaq, while some of them disapproved of that.

1364 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, he said: Wahb ibn Jarir narrated to us, he said: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Salamah ibn Kuhayl, from Abu Salamah

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(1) In the printed edition there is an addition: "or the young camel," which is not found in our manuscript sources.
(2) A sahih hadith, narrated by al-Bukhari (2305), Muslim (1601), Ibn Majah (2423), and al-Nasa'i 7/291, and it is in the "Musnad" (8897).