[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ being asked about fresh dates and he asked those around him, "Does it decrease when it becomes dry?" They replied, "Yes." He then said, "Then no." Abu al-Walid said, "I heard Malik ibn Anas saying on another occasion that he disliked this wording of the hadith of Abu al-Walid." Isma'il ibn Umayyah narrated it from Abdullah ibn Yazid, a servant of Aswad ibn Sufyan. Malik narrated it once and disliked it.  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الرُّطَبِ بِالتَّمْرِ فَسَأَلَ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ «أَيَنْقُصُ إِذَا جَفَّ؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَلَا إِذًا» قَالَ أبو الْوَلِيدُ وَسَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ أَنَسٍ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى قَالَ فَكَرِهَهُ هَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ تَابَعَهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ مَوْلَى الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَرواه مالك مرة فكرهه