3373 - Ishaq ibn Isma'il al-Talqani narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from 'Ata', from Jabir: That the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade the sale of fruit until its ripeness becomes apparent, and that it should not be sold except for dinars or dirhams, except in the case of 'araya (sales of fresh dates on the tree for dried dates).

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His saying: "al-daman": He said in "al-Nihayah": It is with fathah (a-vowel) and lightened mim: the corruption of fruit and its rotting before it ripens, until it turns black, from al-dimn, which is manure — that with which the earth is fertilized... He said: And it is said: al-dimal with lam as well, with the same meaning. Thus al-Jawhari and others recorded it with fathah. What came in "Gharib al-Khattabi" is with dammah (u-vowel), and it seems more fitting, because what pertains to ailments and defects takes dammah, like al-su'al (cough), al-nuhaz (consumption), and al-zukam (cold). And it has come in the hadith: al-qusham and al-murad, and both are among the afflictions of fruit, and there is no disagreement that they take dammah. And it is said: they are two dialects.

And al-qusham: something that afflicts it such that it does not become ripe. And al-Asma'i said: it is when the fruit of the palm tree diminishes before it becomes balah (unripe dates).

And his saying: "jadda al-nasu," i.e., they cut the fruits.

(1) Its chain is authentic. 'Ata': he is Ibn Abi Rabah, and Ibn Jurayj: he is 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Jurayj, and Sufyan: he is Ibn 'Uyaynah.

Al-Bukhari also narrated it (2189) and (2381), Muslim following (1543), Ibn Majah (2216), and al-Nasa'i (3879), (4523), (4524), and (4550) via the path of Ibn Jurayj, from him. Al-Bukhari in the first place, Muslim in one of his narrations, and al-Nasa'i in the first and third places paired Abu al-Zubayr with 'Ata', and he is Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Tadrus al-Makki.

Al-Bukhari also narrated it (1487), and Muslim following (1543), via two paths from 'Ata' ibn Abi Rabah, from him. The wording of Muslim's narration is like the narration of Sa'id ibn Min'a' previously cited by the author under number (3370).

Muslim also narrated following (1543) via the path of Abu al-Zubayr and Sa'id ibn Min'a', and al-Nasa'i (4634) via the path of Abu al-Zubayr, both of them, from Jabir... And he granted concession for 'araya. We said: meaning the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.

It is in "Musnad Ahmad" (14358) and (14876), and "Sahih Ibn Hibban" (4992).

And see what preceded under number (3370).