Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 5567
أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ دُرُسْتَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ، حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنْ خَلِيطِ الزَّهْوِ وَالتَّمْرِ وَخَلِيطِ الْبُسْرِ وَالتَّمْرِ وَقَالَ " لِتَنْبِذُوا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا عَلَى حِدَةٍ فِي الأَسْقِيَةِ الَّتِي يُلاَثُ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهَا " .
Yahya ibn Durust reported to us; he said: Abu Ismaʿil narrated to us; he said: Yahya related that ʿAbdullah ibn Abi Qatadah told him, from his father, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade combining dates just beginning to ripen with dried dates, and unripe dates with dried dates. He said: ‘Steep each separately in containers whose mouths are tied shut.’
Translation notes
The report concerns separate steeping of these fruit combinations in closed containers; al-zahw and al-busr refer to stages of date ripeness.