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bukhari:2239 – ʿAmr b. Zurārah > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Medina and the people used to pay in advance the price of fruits to be delivered within one or two years. (The sub-narrator is in doubt whether it was one to two years or two to three years.) The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever pays money in advance for dates (to be delivered later) should pay it for known specified weight and measure (of the dates).  

البخاري:٢٢٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ زُرَارَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَالنَّاسُ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي الثَّمَرِ الْعَامَ وَالْعَامَيْنِ أَوْ قَالَ عَامَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثَةً شَكَّ إِسْمَاعِيلُ فَقَالَ مَنْ سَلَّفَ فِي تَمْرٍ فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:2240 – Ṣadaqah > Ibn ʿUyaynah > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ came to Medina and the people used to pay in advance the price of dates to be delivered within two or three years. He said (to them), "Whoever pays in advance the price of a thing to be delivered later should pay it for a specified measure at specified weight for a specified period."  

البخاري:٢٢٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ بِالتَّمْرِ السَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فِي شَىْءٍ فَفِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

muslim:1604a – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá And ʿAmrw al-Nāqid Wa-al-Lafẓ Liyaḥyá > ʿAmr > Yaḥyá > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

Those who pay in advance for anything must do so for a specified weight and for a definite time.  

مسلم:١٦٠٤a – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ وَاللَّفْظُ لِيَحْيَى قَالَ عَمْرٌو حَدَّثَنَا وَقَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي الثِّمَارِ السَّنَةَ وَالسَّنَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فِي تَمْرٍ فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

muslim:1604b – Shaybān b. Farrūkh > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

He who makes an advance payment should not make advance payment except for a specified measure and weight (and for a specified period).  

مسلم:١٦٠٤b – حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالنَّاسُ يُسْلِفُونَ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فَلاَ يُسْلِفْ إِلاَّ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

nasai:4616 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

"I heard Ibn 'Abbas say: 'When the Prophet came (to al-Madinah), they used to pay in advance for dates, two or three years in advance. He forbade them that and said: 'whoever pays in advance for dates, let him pay for a known amount or a known weight, to be delivered at a known time'''  

النسائي:٤٦١٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي التَّمْرِ السَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَ فَنَهَاهُمْ وَقَالَ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ سَلَفًا فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

abudawud:3463 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Nufaylī > Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Medina, they were paying one, two and three years in advance for fruits, so he said: Those who pay in advance for anything, must do for a specified measure and weight with a specified time fixed.  

أبو داود:٣٤٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي التَّمْرِ السَّنَةَ وَالسَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فِي تَمْرٍ فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

tirmidhi:1311 – Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

"When the Prophet ﷺ arrived in Al-Madinah, they were paying in advance for fruits. So he said: 'Whoever pays in advance, then let him pay in advance for known measurements (of dates), and known weights for a specified period of time.'" He said: There are narrations on this topic from Ibn Abi Awfa and 'Abdur-Rahman bin Abza.  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] The Hadith of Ibn 'Abbas is a Hasan Sahih Hadith. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others. They allow for advanced payments on food, garments and other things in which the limits and description are known. They differed over delay in delivery of animals. Some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others thought that delay in delivery of animals is allowed. This is the view of Ash-Shafi'i, Ahmad and Ishaq. Some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others, disliked delay in delivery of animals. This is the saying of Sufyan and the people of Al-Kufah. And Abu Al-Minhal's (a narrator) name is 'Abdur-Rahman bin Mut'im.
الترمذي:١٣١١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي الثَّمَرِ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَغَيْرِهِمْ أَجَازُوا السَّلَفَ فِي الطَّعَامِ وَالثِّيَابِ وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ مِمَّا يُعْرَفُ حَدُّهُ وَصِفَتُهُ وَاخْتَلَفُوا فِي السَّلَمِ فِي الْحَيَوَانِ فَرَأَى بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَغَيْرِهِمُ السَّلَمَ فِي الْحَيَوَانِ جَائِزًا وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الشَّافِعِيِّ وَأَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَكَرِهَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَغَيْرِهِمُ السَّلَمَ فِي الْحَيَوَانِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَأَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ أَبُو الْمِنْهَالِ اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُطْعِمٍ
ibnmajah:2280 – Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

"When the Prophet ﷺ came (to Al-Madinah), they used to pay in advance for dates, two or three years in advance. He said: 'Whoever pays in advance for dates, let him pay for a known amount or a known weight, to be delivered at a known time.’”  

ابن ماجة:٢٢٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي التَّمْرِ السَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فِي تَمْرٍ فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

ahmad:1868 – Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Medina, and the people were borrowing dates for one or two years or he said, for two years and three years. So he said, "Whoever borrows dates, let him borrow a known measure and a known weight."  

أحمد:١٨٦٨ – حَدَّثَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَالنَّاسُ يُسَلِّفُونَ فِي التَّمْرِ الْعَامَ وَالْعَامَيْنِ أَوْ قَالَ عَامَيْنِ وَالثَّلاثَةَ فَقَالَ مَنْ سَلَّفَ فِي تَمْرٍ فَلْيُسَلِّفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

ahmad:3370 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Medina, they were paying one, two and three years in advance for fruits, so he said: Those who pay in advance for anything, must do for a specified measure and weight with a specified time fixed. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3463)   

أحمد:٣٣٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي الثِّمَارِ السَّنَةَ وَالسَّنَتَيْنِ أَوِ السَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَلِّفُوا فِي الثِّمَارِ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَقْتٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

ahmad:1937 – Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

"When the Prophet ﷺ came (to Al-Madinah), they used to pay in advance for dates, two or three years in advance. He said: 'Whoever pays in advance for dates, let him pay for a known amount or a known weight, to be delivered at a known time.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2280)   

أحمد:١٩٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يُسَلِّفُونَ فِي التَّمْرِالسَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلاثَ فَقَالَ مَنْ سَلَّفَ فَلْيُسَلِّفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

tabarani:11263 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

Those who pay in advance for anything must do so for a specified weight and for a definite time. (Using translation from Muslim 1604a)  

الطبراني:١١٢٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي الثَّمَرِ السَّنَةَ وَالسَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَ فَقَالَ «مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ»  

nasai-kubra:11712 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muṭʿim > Ibn ʿAbbās

"I heard Ibn 'Abbas say: 'When the Prophet came (to al-Madinah), they used to pay in advance for dates, two or three years in advance. He forbade them that and said: 'whoever pays in advance for dates, let him pay for a known amount or a known weight, to be delivered at a known time''' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4616)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٧١٢ – عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ

قَالًًًَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَََََ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي التَّمْرِ السَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَ فَنَهَاهُمْ وَقَالَ «مَنْ أَسْلَفًَ سَلَفًا فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ»  

nasai-kubra:6166 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

"I heard Ibn 'Abbas say: 'When the Prophet came (to al-Madinah), they used to pay in advance for dates, two or three years in advance. He forbade them that and said: 'whoever pays in advance for dates, let him pay for a known amount or a known weight, to be delivered at a known time''' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4616)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦١٦٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي التَّمْرِ السَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَ فَنَهَاهُمْ وَقَالَ «مَنْ أَسْلَفَ سَلَفًا فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ»