مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب البيوع
The Book of Sales and Trade
(مَنْعُ بَيْعِ التَّمْرِ عَلَى الشَّجَرِ بِالتَّمْرِ الجَافِّ)
(Prohibition of selling dates on the tree for dry dates)
Hadith 2837
وَعَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ قَالَ: نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَن بيعِ التمْر بالتمْرِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ رَخَّصَ فِي الْعَرِيَّةِ أَنْ تُبَاعَ بِخَرْصِهَا تَمْرًا يَأْكُلُهَا أَهْلُهَا رُطَبًا
Sahl b. Abu Hathma said that God’s Messenger forbade the sale of fruit for dried dates but gave licence regarding the ariya for its sale on the basis of a calculation of what the dates would be when dry, yet those who bought them could eat them when fresh. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
