Three-Narrator Ahadith · Book 3 · Hadith 186
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَنَسٌ عَنْ بَيْعِ الثَّمَرِ، فَقَالَ: «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ بَيْعِ ثَمَرَةِ النَّخْلِ حَتَّى تَزْهُوَ». قِيلَ لِأَنَسٍ: مَا تَزْهُو؟ قَالَ: «تَحْمَرُّ».
Ḥumayd reported: “Anas [ibn Mālik] was asked about the sale of fruit. He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ prohibited the sale of the dates of a palm tree until they begin to ripen (tuzhī).’ Anas was asked: ‘What is tu…