أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ کَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي التَّمْرِ السَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَ فَنَهَاهُمْ وَقَالَ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ سَلَفًا فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي کَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَی أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4631
It was narrated that Abu Al Minhal said: “I heard Ibn ‘Abbas say: ‘When the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم 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.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020