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Hadith 35098
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar
from Zayd ibn Thabit that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, allowed the holder of an ariya to barter the
dates on the palm for the amount of dried dates it was estimated that
the palms would produce.
Muwatta Malik Book 31, Hadith 14
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z-Zinad from Kharija ibn
Zayd ibn Thabit that Zayd ibn Thabit did not sell fruit until the
Pleiades were visible, at the end of May.
Malik said, "The
way of doing things among us about selling melons, cucumbers, water-
melons, and carrots is that it is halal to sell them when it is clear
that they have begun to ripen. Then the buyer has what grows until the
season is over. There is no specific timing laid down for that because
the time is well known with people, and it may happen that the crop
will be affected by blight and put a premature end to the season. If
blight strikes and a third or more of the crop is damaged, an
allowance for that is deducted from the price of purchase." Muwatta Malik Book 31, Hadith 13
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Yahya related to me from Malik from
Da'ud ibn al-Husayn from Abu Sufyan, the mawla of Ibn Abi Ahmad, from
Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, allowed the produce of an ariya to be bartered for an
estimation of what the produce would be when the crop was less than
five awsuq or equal to five awsuq. Da'ud wasn't sure whether he said
five awsuq or less than five.
Malik said, ''Ariyas can be
sold for an estimation of what amount of dried dates will be produced.
The crop is examined and estimated while still on the palm. This is
allowed because it comes into the category of delegation of
responsibility, handing over rights, and involving a partner. Had it
been like a form of sale, no one would have made someone else a
partner in the produce until it was ready nor would he have renounced
his right to any of it or put someone in charge of it until the buyer
had taken possession." Muwatta Malik Book 31, Hadith 14