[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ arrived in Medina while they were lending in fruit for two or three years. He said, "Whoever lends in fruit, let him lend with a known weight and measure, and for a known period of time." This is the wording of the narration of Amr an-Naqid, and in the narration of Yahya ibn Yahya, it is mentioned as two or three years, and he said, "for a known period of time" without mentioning the word "and". And in the narration of Ash-Shafi'i, it is mentioned as "for a known period of time". Ash-Shafi'i said, "I memorized it as I was described by Sufyan many times, and someone whom I trust informed me that Sufyan said, 'Whenever I mention the word 'to a known period of time', it is referring to a specific period.'"  

قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي الثَّمَرِ سَنَتَيْنِ وَثَلَاثًا فَقَالَ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فِي ثَمَرٍ فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَإِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ هَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ عَمْرٍو النَّاقِدِ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى السَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَ وَقَالَ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ لَمْ يَذْكُرِ الْوَاوَ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ الشَّافِعِيِّ وَأَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ حَفِظْتُهُ كَمَا وَصَفْتُ مِنْ سُفْيَانَ مِرَارًا وَأَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ أُصَدِّقُهُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُلَّمَا قُلْتُ وَقَالَ فِي الْأَجَلِ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ