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1225. 'Abdullāh bin Yazīd narrated: "Zaid, Abū Ayyāsh 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 Allāh 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.'"
(Hasan)
(Another chain of narrators) with similar meaning.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ, and this is acted upon according to the people of knowledge. It is the view of Ash-Shāfi'ī and our companions.
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Commentary
The point made clear in this narration is that the exchange of the same kind of produce is not approved if there is a difference in the quality or the quantity of the produce in being exchanged. Imām Abū Ḥanīfah allows the exchange of fresh and dried dates, whereas there is a difference of weight in this exchange. Fresh dates when dried up weigh less, for this reason the exchange of fresh dates and dried dates is prohibited. Most of the people act on the narration. (Tuhfat Al-Aḥwadhī v. 2 p.233-234.)
