Sahl bin Abi Hathmah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade "selling the fruit on the tree for dried dates," but granted a concession in the 'ariyyah sale, that "the fruit on the tree may be sold for dried dates by estimation, so that its owners may eat fresh dates."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب البيوع / 10656
Sayyiduna Sahl bin Abi Hathmah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade selling the fruit on the tree for dried dates and said: "That is usury (riba); that is muzabanah." But he granted a concession in the 'ariyyah sale, since the members of a household would take one or two date palms in exchange for dried dates by estimation, and then eat fresh dates.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب البيوع / 10657
Bushayr bin Yasar narrates from some of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (may Allah be pleased with them) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade selling the fruit on the tree for dried dates and said: "This is a need, that is, muzabanah."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب البيوع / 10658
Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) granted a concession in the 'ariyyah sale, that "the members of a household give dried dates according to the estimate of that fruit and eat it as fresh, moist dates (rutab)."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب البيوع / 10659
Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "forbade selling fruits before they ripen," but "granted a concession in 'araya." And 'ariyyah is a date palm set aside for a people; they then obtain dried dates according to the estimate of its fruit.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب البيوع / 10660
Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "granted a concession in the 'ariyyah sale for (selling) the fruit on the tree by estimation."
(b) Yahya bin Sa'id (may Allah have mercy on him) said: 'Ariyyah is that a man buys the fruit of date palms for his family to eat, in exchange for dried dates by estimation.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب البيوع / 10661
Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) granted a concession in the 'araya sale, that "the fruit on the tree may be sold by estimation for a known measure."
(b) 'Araya were specific known date palms; he would come to those palms and buy it.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب البيوع / 10662
Abd Rabbih bin Sa'id al-Ansari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: 'Ariyyah is that a man gives another man a date palm on loan, or a man excludes one or two date palms from his property so that he may eat from them, and then he sells them for dried dates.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب البيوع / 10663
Ibn Ishaq (may Allah have mercy on him) said: 'Araya is that a man gifts some date palms to someone, and it is a hardship for him to look after them, so he sells them according to their estimate.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب البيوع / 10664