[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , forbade the sale of fruits until they become ripe. It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, what do you mean by ripe?" He said, "When they turn red." The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , also said, "What do you think if Allah withholds the fruit, how will one of you take the money of his brother?" They both narrated it in Sahih as mentioned previously. Abu Sa'id bin Abi 'Amr informed us, Abu Al-Abbas said, "I am Ar-Rabi', I am Ash-Shafi'i, I am Malik," and he mentioned it in a similar manner. Ash-Shafi'i said during his discussion on the matter of the pandemic, "If Malik owned the fruits and did not have control over the price of what was affected by the pandemic, it would not be necessary for him to sell it." This means that if it was permissible to sell it when it was still green or unripe and it can be picked and cut, it was still commanded to sell it at the time when it is mostly expected to survive from being damaged. Even if the price of what was affected by the pandemic was not binding for the seller and the buyer, he said, "And if the hadith is proven in the case of a pandemic, it does not serve as evidence in this matter." And he concluded the hadith in this manner.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ بَيْعِ الثِّمَارِ حَتَّى تُزْهَى فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا تُزْهَى؟ قَالَ حِينَ تَحْمَرُّ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَرَأَيْتَ إِذَا مَنَعَ اللهُ الثَّمَرَةَ فَبِمَ يَأْخُذُ أَحَدُكُمْ مَالَ أَخِيهِ؟ أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ كَمَا مَضَى ذِكْرُهُ 10624 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ أنا الرَّبِيعُ أنا الشَّافِعِيُّ أنا مَالِكٌ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمِثْلِهِ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ خِلَالَ كَلَامِهِ فِي مَسْأَلَةِ الْجَائِحَةِ لَوْ كَانَ مَالِكُ الثَّمَرَةِ لَا يَمْلِكُ ثَمَنَ مَا اجْتِيحَ مِنْ ثَمَرَتِهِ مَا كَانَ لِمَنْعِهِ أَنْ يَبِيعَهَا مَعْنَى إِذَا كَانَ يَحِلُّ بَيْعُهَا طَلْعًا أَوْ بَلَحًا يُلْقَطُ وَيُقْطَعُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ أَمَرَ بِبَيْعِهَا فِي الْحِينِ الَّذِي الْأَغْلَبُ فِيهَا أَنْ تَنْجُوَ مِنَ الْعَاهَةِ وَلَوْ لَمْ يَلْزَمْهُ ثَمَنُ مَا أَصَابَتْهُ الْجَائِحَةُ مَا ضَرَّ ذَلِكَ الْبَائِعَ وَالْمُشْتَرِيَ قَالَ وَإِنْ ثَبَتَ الْحَدِيثُ فِي وَضَعِ الْجَائِحَةِ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي هَذَا حُجَّةٌ وَأَمْضَى الْحَدِيثَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ