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ahmad:1515Ibn Numayr > Mālik b. Anas > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd a freed slave of al-Aswad b. Sufyān > Abū ʿAyyāsh > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the date palm fruit, so he said, "Doesn't the fruit lose its moisture when it dries?" They replied, "Indeed, it does." So, he disliked it.  

أحمد:١٥١٥حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ مَوْلَى الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الرُّطَبِ بِالتَّمْرِ فَقَالَ أَلَيْسَ يَنْقُصُ الرُّطَبُ إِذَا يَبِسَ قَالُوا بَلَى فَكَرِهَهُ  


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nasai:4546Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Maymūn > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Firyābī > Sufyān > Ismāʿīl b. Umayyah > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Zayd > Saʿd b. Mālik

"The Messenger of Allah was asked about (buying) said; 'Will fresh dates decrees (in weight or volume) when they dry out? 'They said 'yes so he forbade that"  

النسائي:٤٥٤٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ زَيْدٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الرُّطَبِ بِالتَّمْرِ فَقَالَ أَيَنْقُصُ إِذَا يَبِسَ قَالُوا نَعَمْ فَنَهَى عَنْهُ  

ahmad:1544ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Zayd b. ʿAyyāsh > Suʾil Saʿd > al-Bayḍāʾ Bi-al-Ssult Fakarihah

[Machine] And he (the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ ) said, "I heard the Prophet being asked about dried dates (rutab) and he said, 'It decreases if it dries.' They said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Then no.'"  

أحمد:١٥٤٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ قَالَ سُئِلَ سَعْدٌ عَنِ الْبَيْضَاءِ بِالسُّلْتِ فَكَرِهَهُ

وَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُسْأَلُ عَنِ الرُّطَبِ بِالتَّمْرِ فَقَالَ يَنْقُصُ إِذَا يَبِسَ قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ فَلا إِذَاً  

nasai-kubra:6092Muḥammad b. ʿAlī > Muḥammad > Sufyān > Ismāʿīl b. Umayyah > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Zayd > Saʿd b. Mālik

"The Messenger of Allah was asked about (buying) said; 'Will fresh dates decrees (in weight or volume) when they dry out? 'They said 'yes so he forbade that" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4546)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٠٩٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ زَيْدٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الرُّطَبِ بِالتَّمْرِ فَقَالَ «أَيَنْقُصُ إِذَا يَبِسَ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ فَنَهَى عَنْهُ