Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 2240

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمَدِينَةَ، وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ بِالتَّمْرِ السَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَ، فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فِي شَىْءٍ فَفِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ، إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Sadaqa narrated to us: Ibn Uyayna informed us: Ibn Abi Najih informed us, from Abdullah ibn Kathir, from Abu al-Minh al, from Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said: The Prophet came to Medina while people were making advance payments for dates for two or three years. He said: “Whoever makes an advance payment for anything must specify a known measure, a known weight, and a known term.”