Muwatta' Malik 31-13

Translation

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z-Zinad from Kharija ibn Zayd ibn Thabit that Zayd ibn Thabit did not sell fruit until the Pleiades were visible, at the end of May. Malik said, "The way of doing things among us about selling melons, cucumbers, water- melons, and carrots is that it is halal to sell them when it is clear that they have begun to ripen. Then the buyer has what grows until the season is over. There is no specific timing laid down for that because the time is well known with people, and it may happen that the crop will be affected by blight and put a premature end to the season. If blight strikes and a third or more of the crop is damaged, an allowance for that is deducted from the price of purchase."

Notes

• قالَ مالِكٌ: والأمْرُ عِنْدَنا فِي بَيْعِ البِطِّيخِ، والقِثّاءِ، والخِرْبِزِ، والجَزَرِ، إنَّ بَيْعَهُ إذا بَدا صَلاحُهُ حَلالٌ جائِزٌ، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ لِلْمُشْتَرِي ما يَنْبُتُ حَتّى يَنْقَطِعَ ثَمَرُهُ، ويَهْلِكَ ولَيْسَ فِي ذَلِكَ وقْتٌ يُؤَقَّتُ، وذَلِكَ أنَّ وقْتَهُ مَعْرُوفٌ عِنْدَ النّاسِ، ورُبَّما دَخَلَتْهُ العاهَةُ، فَقَطَعَتْ ثَمَرَتَهُ، قَبْلَ أنْ يَأْتِيَ ذَلِكَ الوَقْتُ، فَإذا دَخَلَتْهُ العاهَةُ بِجائِحَةٍ تَبْلُغُ الثُّلُثَ فَصاعِدًا كانَ ذَلِكَ مَوْضُوعًا عَنِ الَّذِي ابْتاعَهُ۔»

  machine translationMālik said: The established practice with us concerning the sale of watermelon, cucumbers, melons (khirbiz) and carrots is that selling them once their goodness has become apparent is lawful and permissible. Then the buyer gets whatever grows until its fruit ceases and it perishes, and there is no fixed time set for that, because its time is known among the people. Sometimes a blight (ʿāhah) afflicts it and cuts off its fruit before that time arrives. If a blight afflicts it through a calamity (jāʾiḥah) that reaches a third or more, that amount is waived for the one who bought it. Report a problem

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al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 4830al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 4851al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 4852Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 22237Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 22244Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 14385

Narrators

1. 1
   Zayd b. Thābit al-Anṣārī

   Famous Companion, scribe of the revelationd. 45 AH, also said: 40 AH, also said: 42 AH, also said: 43 AH, also said: 48 AH, also said: 51 AH, also said: 52 AH, also said: 54 AH, also said: 55 AH, also said: 56 AH
   زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّصحابي مشهور ، كاتب الوحي
   عن
2. 2
   Khārijah b. Zayd b. Thābit al-Khazrajī

   trustworthy (thiqah), jurist.d. 99 AH, or 100 AH.
   خَارِجَةَ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍثقة فقيه.
   عن
3. 3
   Abū al-Zinād

   trustworthy (thiqah), jurist (faqīh)d. 129 AH, or 130 AH, or 131 AH, also said: 132 AH
   أَبِي الزِّنَادِثقة ، فقيه
   عن
4. 4
   Mālik b. Anas

   The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AH
   مَالِكٌالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتين

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