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the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the Muzābanah sale: that is to sell fruits in one's garden, if it is palm trees, for dates by dry measure; and if it is a vineyard, to sell for raisins by dry measure; and if it is any crop to sell for a dry measure of its food. He forbade all such transactions

عن عبد الله بن عمر رضي الله عنهما قال: «نهى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عن المُزَابَنَةِ: أن يبيع ثَمَرَ حَائِطِهِ إن كان نَخْلًا: بتَمْرٍ كَيْلًا، وإن كان كَرْمًا: أن يبيعه بزبيب كَيْلًا، أو كان زَرْعًا: أن يبيعه بكَيْلِ طعام، نهى عن ذلك كله».
‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the Muzābanah sale: that is to sell fruits in one's garden, if it is palm trees, for dates by dry measure; and if it is a vineyard, to sell for raisins by dry measure; and if it is any crop to sell for a dry measure of its food. He forbade all such transactions.
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Explanation

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the Muzābanah sale, which is to sell something definite for an indefinite amount of its kinds because of the harms this transaction involves, and also because of the uncertainty of the correspondence of the two commodities, which leads to usury. Examples were given to clarify and explain it: to sell fruits in one's garden, if it is a palm garden, for dates by dry measure; and if it is a vineyard, to sell for raisins by dry measure; and if it is any crop to sell for a dry measure of the food of its kind. He forbade all such transactions because of the harm and detriment it involves.

Reference

الإلمام بشرح عمدة الأحكام، للشيخ إسماعيل الأنصاري، مطبعة السعادة، الطبعة الثانية 1392هـ. تيسير العلام شرح عمدة الأحكام، لعبد الله البسام، تحقيق محمد صبحي حسن حلاق، مكتبة الصحابة، الشارقة، الطبعة العاشرة 1426هـ. خلاصة الكلام شرح عمدة الأحكام، لفيصل بن عبد العزيز المبارك، الطبعة: الثانية، 1412هـ - 1992م. صحيح البخاري، نشر: دار طوق النجاة، (مصورة عن السلطانية بإضافة ترقيم محمد فؤاد عبد الباقي)، الطبعة: الأولى، 1422هـ. صحيح مسلم، تحقيق: محمد فؤاد عبد الباقي، نشر: دار إحياء التراث العربي – بيروت.

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