Narrated Jabir: The Prophet forbade the selling of fruits unless they get ripe, and none of them should be sold except for Dinar or Dirham (i.e. money), except the 'Araya trees (the dates of which could be sold for dates).

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet allowed the sale of the dates of 'Araya provided they were about five Awsuq (singular: Wasaq which means sixty Sa's) or less (in amount).

Narrated Sahl bin Abu Hathma: Allah's Apostle forbade the selling of fruits (fresh dates) for dried dates but allowed the sale of fruits on the 'Araya by estimation and their new owners might eat their dates fresh. Sufyan (in another narration) said, "I told Yahya (a sub-narrator) when I was a mere boy, 'Meccans say that the Prophet allowed them the sale of the fruits on 'Araya by estimation.' Yahya asked, 'How do the Meccans know about it?' I replied, 'They narrated it (from the Prophet) through Jabir.' On that, Yahya kept quiet." Sufyan said, "I meant that Jabir belonged to Medina." Sufyan was asked whether in Jabir's narration there was any prohibition of selling fruits before their benefit is evident (i.e. no dangers of being spoilt or blighted). He replied that there was none.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that ‘Ariyyah is when a person (the owner of a garden) gives another person a date palm tree (as a gift) in his garden, then it does not seem good for that person to come to the garden, so in this case, he may buy back his tree (which he had gifted) in exchange for dried dates; this has been permitted for him. And Ibn Idris (Imam Shafi’i, may Allah have mercy on him) said that ‘Ariyyah is not permissible except (when it is less than five wasqs) and the dried dates are measured and exchanged hand to hand; it should not be that both sides are estimated. And this is supported by the statement of Sahl bin Abi Hathmah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the dates should be given by measure of wasq. Ibn Ishaq, may Allah have mercy on him, narrated in his hadith from Nafi’, and he narrated from Ibn ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, that ‘Ariyyah is when a person gives one or two date palm trees in his garden to someone as a loan. And Yazid narrated from Sufyan bin Husayn that ‘Ariyyah refers to the date palm tree that is given to the poor for the sake of Allah, but they cannot wait for the dates to ripen, so the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, permitted them to sell it for as much dried dates as they wish and to whomever they wish.

Narrated Ibn `Umar from Zaid bin Thabit: Allah's Apostle allowed the sale of 'Araya by estimating the dates on them for measured amounts of dried dates. Musa bin `Uqba said, "Al- 'Araya were distinguished date palms; one could come and buy them (i.e. their fruits).

Zaid bin Thabit (ra) said, "In the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (saws), the people used to trade with fruits. When they cut their date-fruits and the sellers came to demand their rights, the buyer would say, 'My dates have got rotten, they are blighted with disease, they are afflicted with Qusham (a disease which causes the fruit to fall before ripening).' They would go on complaining of defects in their purchases. Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "Do not sell the fruits before their benefit is evident (i.e. free from all the dangers of being spoiled or blighted), by way of advice for they quarrelled too much." Kharija bin Zaid bin Thabit said that Zaid bin Thabit (ra) used not to sell the fruits of his land till Pleiades appeared and one could distinguish the yellow fruits from the red (ripe) ones.

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle forbade the sale of fruits till their benefit is evident. He forbade both the seller and the buyer (such sale).

Narrated Anas: Allah's Apostle forbade the sale of date fruits till they were ripe. Abu `Abdullah (Al-Bukhari) said, "That means till they were red (can be eaten).

Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: The Prophet forbade the sale of (date) fruits till they were red or yellow and fit for eating.

Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet forbade the sale of fruits till their benefit is evident; and the sale of date palms till the dates are almost ripe. He was asked what 'are almost ripe' meant. He replied, "Got red and yellow."