Sahih al-Bukhari — Sales in which a Price is paid for Goods to be Delivered Later (As-Salam)

I asked Ibn `Abbas about Salam for (the fruits of) date-palms. He replied “The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the sale a dates on the trees till they became fit for eating and could be weighed.” A man asked what to be weighed (as the dates were still on the trees). Another man sitting beside Ibn `Abbas replied, “Till they are cut and stored.” Narrated Abu Al-Bakhtari: I heard Ibn `Abbas (saying) that the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade … etc. as above.

I asked Ibn `Umar about Salam (the fruits of) date-palms. He replied, “The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the sale of dates till their benefit becomes evident and fit for eating and also the sale of silver (for gold) on credit.” I asked Ibn `Abbas about Salam for dates and he replied, “The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the sale of dates till they were fit for eating and could be estimated.”

I asked Ibn `Umar about Salam for dates. Ibn `Umar replied, “The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the sale (the fruits) of date-palms until they were fit for eating and also forbade the sale of silver for gold on credit.” I also asked Ibn `Abbas about it. Ibn `Abbas replied, “The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the sale of dates till they were fit for eating, and could be weighed.” I asked him, “What is to be weighed (as the dates are on the trees)?” A man sitting by Ibn `Abbas said, “It means till they are cut and stored.”