Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 4554

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ - عَنْ خَالِدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أُتِيَ بِتَمْرٍ رَيَّانٍ - وَكَانَ تَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعْلاً فِيهِ يُبْسٌ - فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَنَّى لَكُمْ هَذَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا ابْتَعْنَاهُ صَاعًا بِصَاعَيْنِ مِنْ تَمْرِنَا فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ تَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّ هَذَا لاَ يَصِحُّ وَلَكِنْ بِعْ تَمْرَكَ وَاشْتَرِ مِنْ هَذَا حَاجَتَكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Abu Saʿid al-Khudri reported that some ripe, juicy dates were brought to the Messenger of Allah, while his own dates were dry. He asked, “Where did you get these?” They replied, “We bought one ṣāʿ of these for two ṣāʿs of our dates.” He said, “Do not do that; this exchange is not valid. Rather, sell your dates and buy as much of these as you need.”