Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 38955 — Announcing lost property: Abu Hanifah

Abu al-Bakhtari says: I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) about selling dates. He said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade selling dates until a person can eat from them, or (he said) until they can be eaten, and until they can be weighed." I asked: "What is meant by their being weighed?" A man sitting with him replied: "Until they are safe."