Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2214
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " لاَ تَبِيعُوا الثَّمَرَةَ حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ صَلاَحُهَا " . نَهَى الْبَائِعَ وَالْمُشْتَرِيَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Rumh narrated to us; al-Layth ibn Sad informed us, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: “Do not sell fruit until its ripeness becomes evident.” He prohibited this to both seller and buyer.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " لاَ تَبِيعُوا الثَّمَرَةَ حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ صَلاَحُهَا " .
Yabdu salahuha means that the fruit’s soundness or ripeness becomes apparent; the report does not specify a particular sign.
Does “until its ripeness becomes evident” capture the general threshold without naming a specific sign?