Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2490
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ جَبَلَةَ، قَالَ كُنَّا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَأَصَابَتْنَا سَنَةٌ، فَكَانَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ يَرْزُقُنَا التَّمْرَ، وَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يَمُرُّ بِنَا فَيَقُولُ لاَ تَقْرُنُوا فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنِ الإِقْرَانِ، إِلاَّ أَنْ يَسْتَأْذِنَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْكُمْ أَخَاهُ.
Abu al-Walid narrated to us: Shu'ba narrated to us, from Jabala, who said: We were in Medina when famine struck us. Ibn al-Zubayr used to provide us with dates. Ibn Umar would pass by us and say: ‘Do not take two dates together, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade doing so unless one of you asks his companion’s permission.’
Translation notes
This version places the prohibition in the context of date provisions during famine and preserves the permission exception.