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Disapproval of exchanging fresh dates for dried dates

ahmad:1515 – Ibn Numayr > Mālik b. Anas > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd Mawlá al-Aswad b. Sufyān > Abū ʿAyyāsh > Saʿd b. Abī Waqqāṣ

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about fresh dates for dried dates, and he said, "Does the fresh date decrease when it dries?" They said, "Yes." So he disliked it.

أحمد:١٥١٥ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:4546 – Muḥammad 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:٤٥٤٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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

Forbidding exchange of fresh dates for dried dates

ahmad:1544 – ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Mahdī > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Zayd b. ʿAyyāsh

[AI] Sa'd was asked about white wheat for barley, and he disliked it. He said: I heard the Prophet ﷺ being asked about fresh dates for dried dates, and he said, "Does it decrease when it dries?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Then no."

أحمد:١٥٤٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ

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:6092 – Muḥammad 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:٦٠٩٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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