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Sahih Muslim 1539b (Book 21, Hadith 77) #11005
The Prohibition of Muzabana and Muhaqala Transactions

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the prohibition of exchanging fresh fruits and dates with dry ones, except in certain cases.

Sa'id b. al-Musayyib said that Allah's Messenger forbade the transaction of Af Muzabana and Muhaqala. Muzabana means that fresh dates on the trees should be sold against dry dates. Muhaqala implies that the wheat in the ear should be sold against the wheat and getting the land on rent for the wheat (produced in it). He (the narrator) said that the Prophet had aid: Do not sell fresh fruits on the trees until their good condition becomes manifest, and do not sell fresh dates on the trees against dry dates. Salim said: Abdullah informed me on the authority of Zaid b. Thabit, Allah's Messenger having given concession afterwards in case of ariyya transactions by which dry dates can be exchanged with fresh dates, but he did not permit it in other cases.
وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حُجَيْنُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ نَهَى عَنْ بَيْعِ الْمُزَابَنَةِ وَالْمُحَاقَلَةِ وَالْمُزَابَنَةُ أَنْ يُبَاعَ ثَمَرُ النَّخْلِ بِالتَّمْرِ وَالْمُحَاقَلَةُ أَنْ يُبَاعَ الزَّرْعُ بِالْقَمْحِ وَاسْتِكْرَاءُ الأَرْضِ بِالْقَمْحِ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ تَبْتَاعُوا الثَّمَرَ حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ صَلاَحُهُ وَلاَ تَبْتَاعُوا الثَّمَرَ بِالتَّمْرِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ سَالِمٌ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ رَخَّصَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي بَيْعِ الْعَرِيَّةِ بِالرُّطَبِ أَوْ بِالتَّمْرِ وَلَمْ يُرَخِّصْ فِي غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ.

TOPICS
transaction  *  fruits  *  dates  *  concession  *  istisna  *  khareef  *  rukhsa

QUICK LESSONS:
Follow fair transactions when exchanging goods or services

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith discusses the prohibition of two types of transactions known as Muzabana and Muhaqala. In a Muzabana transaction, fresh dates on trees are exchanged for dry dates while in a Muhaqala transaction wheat in the ear is exchanged for wheat or land is rented for wheat produced on it. Allah's Messenger ﷺ forbade these transactions unless there was an exception known as an ariyya transaction which allowed dry dates to be exchanged with fresh ones but not other cases. The main idea behind this hadith is that one should not exchange something that has yet to be fully realized or established with something that already exists because it can lead to unfairness and injustice between parties involved in the transaction.

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