Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2193
وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، كَانَ عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، مِنْ بَنِي حَارِثَةَ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كَانَ النَّاسُ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَتَبَايَعُونَ الثِّمَارَ، فَإِذَا جَدَّ النَّاسُ وَحَضَرَ تَقَاضِيهِمْ قَالَ الْمُبْتَاعُ إِنَّهُ أَصَابَ الثَّمَرَ الدُّمَانُ أَصَابَهُ مُرَاضٌ أَصَابَهُ قُشَامٌ ـ عَاهَاتٌ يَحْتَجُّونَ بِهَا ـ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَمَّا كَثُرَتْ عِنْدَهُ الْخُصُومَةُ فِي ذَلِكَ " فَإِمَّا لاَ فَلاَ يَتَبَايَعُوا حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ صَلاَحُ الثَّمَرِ ". كَالْمَشُورَةِ يُشِيرُ بِهَا لِكَثْرَةِ خُصُومَتِهِمْ. وَأَخْبَرَنِي خَارِجَةُ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَبِيعُ ثِمَارَ أَرْضِهِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الثُّرَيَّا فَيَتَبَيَّنَ الأَصْفَرُ مِنَ الأَحْمَرِ. قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد اللَّهِ رَوَاهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ بَحْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَكَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّاءَ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ زَيْدٍ
Al-Layth said, from Abu al-Zinad: Urwa ibn al-Zubayr used to narrate from Sahl ibn Abi Hathma al-Ansari, of Banu Haritha, who told him from Zayd ibn Thabit, may Allah be pleased with him: In the time of the Messenger of Allah, people used to trade in produce. When the fruit was harvested and the buyers came to collect what was due to them, a buyer would say, “The fruit has been affected by duman, or disease, or qusham”—damage they cited as a claim. When disputes about this became frequent before the Messenger of Allah, he said, “If there is no alternative, then do not trade in produce until its ripeness is evident.” This was advice he gave because their disputes over it had become frequent.
Kharija ibn Zayd ibn Thabit informed me that Zayd ibn Thabit would not sell the produce of his land until the Pleiades had risen and the yellow could be distinguished from the red.
Abu Abdullah said: Ali ibn Bahr transmitted it: Hakkam narrated to us, from Anbasa, from Zakariyya, from Abu al-Zinad, from Urwa, from Sahl, from Zayd.
Translation notes
The source preserves three disease or damage terms: duman, marad, and qusham; it glosses these as defects cited in disputes. “If there is no alternative” reflects fa-imma la, followed by the instruction not to trade until ripeness is clear. The final sentence is an alternate transmission chain attributed by Abu Abdullah.