Hazrat Abu Al-Jari narrates that I asked Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) about the sale of dates. He replied: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the sale of dates until a person eats from them, or (he said) until they can be eaten. And until they can be weighed. I asked: What is meant by their being weighed? Then a man sitting with him replied: Until they are secured.