Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2265
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَنِ الْمُزَابَنَةِ . وَالْمُزَابَنَةُ أَنْ يَبِيعَ الرَّجُلُ تَمْرَ حَائِطِهِ إِنْ كَانَتْ نَخْلاً بِتَمْرٍ كَيْلاً وَإِنْ كَانَتْ كَرْمًا أَنْ يَبِيعَهُ بِزَبِيبٍ كَيْلاً وَإِنْ كَانَتْ زَرْعًا أَنْ يَبِيعَهُ بِكَيْلِ طَعَامٍ نَهَى عَنْ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
ʿAbdullah ibn ʿUmar said: The Messenger of Allah forbade muzabana. Muzabana is when a man sells the dates on his orchard, if it has palm trees, for dates measured by volume; if it is a vineyard, he sells its grapes for raisins measured by volume; and if it is a field of crops, he sells them for a measured quantity of food. He forbade all of that.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Muzabana is retained as the named transaction and then explained by the report’s own definition. The source specifies measurement by volume but does not state the precise quantity in each exchange.