Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2171
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنِ الْمُزَابَنَةِ، وَالْمُزَابَنَةُ بَيْعُ الثَّمَرِ بِالتَّمْرِ كَيْلاً، وَبَيْعُ الزَّبِيبِ بِالْكَرْمِ كَيْلاً.
Translation
Ismail narrated to us: Malik narrated to us, from Nafi, from Abdullah ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, that the Messenger of Allah forbade muzabana. Muzabana is selling dates for dates by measure, and selling raisins for grapes by measure.
Translation notes
The definition in Arabic uses the general word thamar for the produce exchanged for dates; it does not explicitly specify fresh dates.