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Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade Muzabana; and Muzabana means the selling of fresh dates (on the trees) for
dried dates by measure and also the selling of fresh grapes for dried grapes by measure.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade Muzabana and Muhaqala; and Muzabana means the selling of ripe dates for
dates still on the trees.

The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade Muzabana and Muhaqala.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) al lowed the owner of ‘Araya to sell the fruits on the trees by means of estimation.

The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the selling of fruits unless they get ripe, and none of them should be sold except
for Dinar or Dirham (i.e. money), except the ‘Araya trees (the dates of which could be sold for dates).

The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade Muzabana; and Muzabana is the selling of fresh fruit (without measuring it) for
something by measure on the basis that if that thing turns to be more than the fruit, the increase would
be for the seller of the fruit, and if it turns to be less, that would be of his lot.
Narrated Ibn `Umar from Zaid bin Thabit that the Prophet (ﷺ) allowed the selling of the fruits on the trees
after estimation (when they are ripe).

The Prophet (ﷺ) allowed the sale of the dates of ‘Araya provided they were about five Awsuq (singular:
Wasaq which means sixty Sa’s) or less (in amount).

that Malik bin Aus said, “I was in need of change for one-hundred Dinars. Talha bin ‘Ubaidullah
called me and we discussed the matter, and he agreed to change (my Dinars). He took the gold pieces
in his hands and fidgeted with them, and then said, “Wait till my storekeeper comes from the forest.”
`Umar was listening to that and said, “By Allah! You should not separate from Talha till you get the
money from him, for Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘The selling of gold for gold is Riba (usury) except if the
exchange is from hand to hand and equal in amount, and similarly, the selling of wheat for wheat is
Riba (usury) unless it is from hand to hand and equal in amount, and the selling of barley for barley is
usury unless it is from hand to hand and equal in amount, and dates for dates, is usury unless it is from
hand to hand and equal in amount”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the selling of fruits (fresh dates) for dried dates but allowed the sale of fruits
on the ‘Araya by estimation and their new owners might eat their dates fresh. Sufyan (in another
narration) said, “I told Yahya (a sub-narrator) when I was a mere boy, ‘Meccans say that the Prophet (ﷺ)
allowed them the sale of the fruits on ‘Araya by estimation.’ Yahya asked, ‘How do the Meccans know
about it?’ I replied, ‘They narrated it (from the Prophet (ﷺ) ) through Jabir.’ On that, Yahya kept quiet.”
Sufyan said, “I meant that Jabir belonged to Medina.” Sufyan was asked whether in Jabir’s narration
there was any prohibition of selling fruits before their benefit is evident (i.e. no dangers of being spoilt
or blighted). He replied that there was none.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Don’t sell gold for gold unless equal in weight, nor silver for silver unless equal
in weight, but you could sell gold for silver or silver for gold as you like.”