44/35. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 4540 — Araya Sales and Fair Trade
Araya Sales For Fresh DATes
Hadith About Araya Sales: A Limited Concession in Trade
Sunan an-Nasai : 4540
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4540
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ صَالِحٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ سَالِمًا، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ، سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، يَقُولُ إِنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَخَّصَ فِي بَيْعِ الْعَرَايَا بِالرُّطَبِ وَبِالتَّمْرِ وَلَمْ يُرَخِّصْ فِي غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ .
Zaid bin Thabit Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah granted a concession allowing 'Araya sales for fresh dates and for dried dates, but he did not allow anything other than that.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4540In-book reference : Book 44, Hadith 92English translation : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 4544
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4540
This hadith focuses on Araya sales, a special kind of date sale. The Messenger of Allah granted a concession for fresh dates and dried dates, but the text clearly says that he did not allow anything beyond that. The main lesson is that trade rules are not based on personal guesswork. A concession has its own limit. When something is allowed as an exception, it should not be stretched into other cases. For anyone searching for hadith about Araya sales or Islamic trade rules, this narration gives a clear message: permission in business must stay within the exact boundary mentioned.
What we learn from this hadith
- A concession in trade should remain within its stated limit.
- This permission was connected to fresh and dried dates only.
- A Muslim should not extend an exception to cases not mentioned in the text.
