Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from his father: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade (accepting as zakat) two types of dates: Ja‘rur and Lawn Ahbiq. The narrator states: Some people would deliberately bring their inferior fruit to give as zakat, so they were prohibited from giving these two types of dates. Regarding this, the following verse was revealed: "And do not intend to spend the inferior thereof." This narration is also transmitted with some other chains. Some have narrated it as a connected (mawsool) narration, and some have narrated it as a mursal narration.