Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2201, 2202
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ بْنِ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم اسْتَعْمَلَ رَجُلاً عَلَى خَيْبَرَ، فَجَاءَهُ بِتَمْرٍ جَنِيبٍ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَكُلُّ تَمْرِ خَيْبَرَ هَكَذَا ". قَالَ لاَ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّا لَنَأْخُذُ الصَّاعَ مِنْ هَذَا بِالصَّاعَيْنِ، وَالصَّاعَيْنِ بِالثَّلاَثَةِ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ تَفْعَلْ، بِعِ الْجَمْعَ بِالدَّرَاهِمِ، ثُمَّ ابْتَعْ بِالدَّرَاهِمِ جَنِيبًا ".
Qutayba narrated to us, from Malik, from Abd al-Majid ibn Suhayl ibn Abd al-Rahman, from Said ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Said al-Khudri and Abu Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with them both: The Messenger of Allah appointed a man over Khaybar, and he brought him janib dates. The Messenger of Allah said, “Are all the dates of Khaybar like this?” He replied, “No, by Allah, Messenger of Allah. We take one sa of these for two sa, and two sa for three.” The Messenger of Allah said, “Do not do that. Sell al-jam for dirhams, then buy janib with the dirhams.”
Translation notes
The Arabic names two types of dates, janib and al-jam, without defining al-jam in this passage; the English witness describes it as mixed or lower-quality dates. The instruction replaces unequal barter of dates with separate sales and purchases for money.