Chapter on Sales
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 11
وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ بِنْتِ إِلْيَاسَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ هَلْ يَجُوزُ بَيْعُ اَلنَّخْلِ إِذَا حَمَلَ قَالَ "لاَ يَجُوزُ بَيْعُهُ حَتَّى يَزْهُوَ" قُلْتُ وَ مَا اَلزَّهْوُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ "يَحْمَرُّ وَ يَصْفَرُّ".
Al-Hasan bin Ali bin Bint Ilyas narrated: I asked Abu Al-Hasan عليه السلام: Is it permissible to sell palm trees when they have borne fruit? Imam عليه السلام said: "It is not permissible to sell them until they ripen." I said: What is meant by ripening, may I be your ransom? Imam عليه السلام said: "When they turn red or yellow."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh