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ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا زُجِرَ عَنْ بَيْعِ الثَّمَرِ بِالثَّمَرِ

ibnhibban:5003al-Ḥusayn b. Idrīs > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Zayd Abū ʿAyyāsh

Which of them is better? He replied: Soft and white kind of wheat. So he forbade him from it and said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (sawa) say, when he was asked about buying dry dates for fresh. The Messenger of Allah (sawa) said: Are fresh dates diminished when they become dry? The (the people) replied: Yes. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade that. Abu Dawud said: A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Isma'il b. Umayyah. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3359)   

ابن حبّان:٥٠٠٣أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ أَنَّ زَيْدًا أَبَا عَيَّاشٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنِ الْبَيْضَاءِ بِالسُّلْتِ فَقَالَ أَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ الْبَيْضَاءُ فَنَهَاهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ

وَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ يَبِسِ التَّمْرِ بِالرُّطَبِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَيَنْقُصُ الرُّطَبُ إِذَا يَبِسَ؟ » قَالَ نَعَمْ فَنَهَاهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Mālik, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
nasai:4545ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Zayd b. ʿAyyāsh > Saʿd

"The Messenger of Allah was asked about (buying) fresh dates with dried dates, and he said to those who were around him: 'Will fresh dates decrease (in weight or volume) when they dry out?" they said Yes,' so he forbade that."  

النسائي:٤٥٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ التَّمْرِ بِالرُّطَبِ فَقَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ أَيَنْقُصُ الرُّطَبُ إِذَا يَبِسَ قَالُوا نَعَمْ فَنَهَى عَنْهُ  

nasai:4546Muḥammad 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:٤٥٤٦أَخْبَرَنَا 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  

abudawud:3359ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Zayd Abū ʿAyyāsh

Which of them is better? He replied: Soft and white kind of wheat. So he forbade him from it and said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (sawa) say, when he was asked about buying dry dates for fresh. The Messenger of Allah (sawa) said: Are fresh dates diminished when they become dry? The (the people) replied: Yes. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade that. Abu Dawud said: A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Isma'il b. Umayyah.  

أبو داود:٣٣٥٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ أَنَّ زَيْدًا أَبَا عَيَّاشٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنِ الْبَيْضَاءِ بِالسُّلْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُ سَعْدٌ أَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ قَالَ الْبَيْضَاءُ فَنَهَاهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ

وَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُسْأَلُ عَنْ شِرَاءِ التَّمْرِ بِالرُّطَبِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيَنْقُصُ الرُّطَبُ إِذَا يَبِسَ قَالُوا نَعَمْ فَنَهَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَاهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ نَحْوَ مَالِكٍ
tirmidhi:1225Qutaybah > Mālik b. Anas > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Zayd Abū ʿAyyāsh Saʾal Saʿd > al-Bayḍāʾ Bi-al-Ssult > Ayyuhumā Afḍal > al-Bayḍāʾ Fanahá > Dhalik > Saʿd

"Zaid, Abu Ayyash asked Sa'd regarding white wheat in exchange for barley: which of them was better ? He said the white, then he forbade that. Sa'd said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ being asked about selling dried dates for ripe dates and he said to those present: "Will the fresh dates shrink when they are dry ?" They said yes, so he forbade that.'"  

الترمذي:١٢٢٥حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ أَنَّ زَيْدًا أَبَا عَيَّاشٍ سَأَلَ سَعْدًا عَنِ الْبَيْضَاءِ بِالسُّلْتِ فَقَالَ أَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ قَالَ الْبَيْضَاءُ فَنَهَى عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ سَعْدٌ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُسْأَلُ عَنِ اشْتِرَاءِ التَّمْرِ بِالرُّطَبِ فَقَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ أَيَنْقُصُ الرُّطَبُ إِذَا يَبِسَ قَالُوا نَعَمْ فَنَهَى عَنْ ذَلِكَ  

malik:31-23Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Zayd Abū ʿAyyāsh

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Yazid that Zayd ibn Ayyash told him that he had once asked Sad ibn Abi Waqqas about selling white wheat for a type of good barley. Sad asked him which was the better and when he told him the white wheat, he forbade the transaction. Sad said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ being asked about selling dried dates for fresh dates, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Do the dates diminish in size when they become dry?' When he was told that they did, he forbade that."  

مالك:٣١-٢٣وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ أَنَّ زَيْدًا أَبَا عَيَّاشٍ أَخْبَرَهُ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنِ الْبَيْضَاءِ بِالسُّلْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُ سَعْدٌ أَيَّتُهُمَا أَفْضَلُ قَالَ الْبَيْضَاءُ فَنَهَاهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ سَعْدٌ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُسْأَلُ عَنِ اشْتِرَاءِ التَّمْرِ بِالرُّطَبِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيَنْقُصُ الرُّطَبُ إِذَا يَبِسَ فَقَالُوا نَعَمْ فَنَهَى عَنْ ذَلِكَ  

ahmad:1544ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Zayd b. ʿAyyāsh > Suʾil Saʿd > al-Bayḍāʾ Bi-al-Ssult Fakarihah

[Machine] And he (the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ ) said, "I heard the Prophet being asked about dried dates (rutab) and he said, 'It decreases if it dries.' They said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Then no.'"  

أحمد:١٥٤٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ قَالَ 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:5991Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh > Maʿn > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Zayd Abū ʿAyyāsh > Saʿd

Which of them is better? He replied: Soft and white kind of wheat. So he forbade him from it and said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (sawa) say, when he was asked about buying dry dates for fresh. The Messenger of Allah (sawa) said: Are fresh dates diminished when they become dry? The (the people) replied: Yes. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade that. Abu Dawud said: A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Isma'il b. Umayyah. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3359)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٩٩١أَخْبَرَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ أَنَّ زَيْدًا أَبَا عَيَّاشٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ سَعْدًا قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْأَلُ عَنِ اشْتِرَاءِ التَّمْرِ بِالرُّطَبِ قَالَ «أَيَنْقُصُ الرُّطَبُ إِذَا يَبِسَ؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ فَنَهَى عَنْهُ  

nasai-kubra:6091ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Zayd b. Abū ʿAyyāsh > Saʿd

"The Messenger of Allah was asked about (buying) fresh dates with dried dates, and he said to those who were around him: 'Will fresh dates decrease (in weight or volume) when they dry out?" they said Yes,' so he forbade that." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4545)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٠٩١أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ زَيْدٍ بْنِ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ التَّمْرِ بِالرُّطَبِ فَقَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ «أَيَنْقُصُ الرُّطَبُ إِذَا يَبِسَ؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ فَنَهَى عَنْهُ  

nasai-kubra:6092Muḥammad 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:٦٠٩٢أَخْبَرَنَا 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  

bayhaqi:10556[Chain 1] Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyá b. Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá And Ghayruh > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > al-Shāfiʿī > Mālik [Chain 2] Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Ismāʿīl b. Isḥāq al-Qāḍī

[Machine] And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ being asked about buying dates with fresh dates. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Does the fresh date decrease if it becomes dry?" They said: Yes. So he forbade it. And it was narrated by Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Qattan from Malik who said: Abdullah ibn Yazid narrated to me.  

البيهقي:١٠٥٥٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى وَغَيْرُهُ قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أنا الشَّافِعِيُّ أنا مَالِكٌ ح وَأنا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْقَاضِي ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ فِي الْمُوَطَّأِ وَأَبُو مُصْعَبٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ أَنَّ زَيْدًا أَبَا عَيَّاشٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنِ الْبَيْضَاءِ بِالسُّلْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُ سَعْدٌ أَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ؟ فَقَالَ الْبَيْضَاءُ فَنَهَاهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ

وَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ اشْتِرَاءِ التَّمْرِ بِالرُّطَبِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيَنْقُصُ الرُّطَبُ إِذَا يَبِسَ؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ فَنَهَى عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَرَوَاهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ مَالِكٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ