Buying fresh dates for dried dates

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib disliked taking fresh dates in exchange for dried dates, equal for equal. He said: Fresh dates are swollen and dried dates are dry.

Ibrahim disliked buying fresh dates in exchange for dry dried dates.

Ibrahim said that fresh dates cannot be bought in exchange for dried dates.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the sale of fresh dates in exchange for dried dates, of grapes in exchange for raisins, and of standing crops in exchange for wheat, by measure.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) disliked the sale of fresh dates in exchange for dried dates. He said: It is the lesser of the two in the measure, or in the qafiz.

Zayd Abu Ayyash said: I asked Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) whether white hulled barley may be taken in exchange for corn. He disliked it and said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked whether fresh dates may be sold in exchange for dried dates. He asked: Do fresh dates decrease after they dry? The people answered yes, so he disliked it.

Al-Hakam disliked giving fresh dates in exchange for dry dates, equal for equal.