Selling fruit: when it may be sold

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The sale of fruit has been forbidden until it ripens and becomes fit to eat.

And Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Until its ripeness becomes apparent.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Selling fruit before it ripens is usury (riba).

Al-Aswad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Do not make an advance-payment sale (salam) in date palms until they turn yellow or red, nor likewise in a small field of crops while it is green, until it blossoms.

Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade selling fruit before it ripens.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Dates are not to be sold until the stone has hardened and they are safe from blight.

It is narrated from Kharijah bin Zayd that Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) used to sell his fruit when the star Thurayya (the Pleiades) rose. (This was the sign of its ripening.)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade selling fruit before it ripens.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Do not sell fruit until it has grown and developed and is safe from blight.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade selling fruit before budu al-salah (the appearance of ripeness). Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: What is meant by budu al-salah? He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: That the fruit turns red or yellow.

Amir (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Dates are not to be sold until they turn red or yellow.

Ata said: If part of the dates ripens and turns red, then there is no harm in selling it.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked: When may dates be sold? He said: When they ripen and turn red or yellow.

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do not buy fruit until the Pleiades (al-Thurayya) rise.

Al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I mentioned that to Salim bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him), and he said: Indeed, blight occurs after the rising of the Pleiades.

A man asked Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) about the sale of fruit. He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the sale of fruit before its buduw salah (the appearance of its ripeness).

Sayyiduna Umar and Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Dates shall not be sold until they turn red or yellow.

Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) wrote to his officials that fruit should not be sold before its buduw salah (the appearance of its ripeness).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) was narrating to Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the sale of fruit until it is safe from every calamity.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the sale of fruit before its buduw salah (before it ripens).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not sell fruit before its buduw salah." The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) asked: What is meant by buduw salah? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Until it is safe from blight and its good part becomes pure."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the sale of fruit before its buduw salah (before it ripens).