Hadith 86

Sahih Bukhari

Book 24: Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Chapter 58

Whoever sold his fruits, trees, land or crops and gave Zakat from some other property

باب مَنْ بَاعَ ثِمَارَهُ أَوْ نَخْلَهُ أَوْ أَرْضَهُ أَوْ زَرْعَهُ، وَقَدْ وَجَبَ فِيهِ الْعُشْرُ أَوِ الصَّدَقَةُ فَأَدَّى الزَّكَاةَ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ أَوْ بَاعَ ثِمَارَهُ وَلَمْ تَجِبْ فِيهِ الصَّدَقَةُ

And the statement of the Prophet ﷺ: “Don’t sell the fruits till they are ripe (free from blight).” So, the Prophet ﷺ did not stop anyone from selling the fruits after they are ripe (free from blight), and he did not differentiate between those on whom the Zakat was due and those on whom it was not due (in this respect.).
وَقَوْلُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لاَ تَبِيعُوا الثَّمَرَةَ حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ صَلاَحُهَا». فَلَمْ يَحْظُرِ الْبَيْعَ بَعْدَ الصَّلاَحِ عَلَى أَحَدٍ وَلَمْ يَخُصَّ مَنْ وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ الزَّكَاةُ مِمَّنْ لَمْ تَجِبْ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 1486
حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ، سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ بَيْعِ الثَّمَرَةِ حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ صَلاَحُهَا‏.‏ وَكَانَ إِذَا سُئِلَ عَنْ صَلاَحِهَا قَالَ حَتَّى تَذْهَبَ عَاهَتُهُ‏.‏
Ibn `Umar:

The Prophet (ﷺ) had forbidden the sale of dates till they were good (ripe), and when it was asked what it meant, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Till there is no danger of blight."