Hadith 6750

Chapter 15

باب 15

(15) باب مَنْ بَاعَ نَخْلاً عَلَيْهَا ثَمَرٌ

(15) Chapter: One who sells date palms on which there are dates
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وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ رُمْحٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَيُّمَا امْرِئٍ أَبَّرَ نَخْلاً ثُمَّ بَاعَ أَصْلَهَا فَلِلَّذِي أَبَّرَ ثَمَرُ النَّخْلِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَشْتَرِطَ الْمُبْتَاعُ " .

Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:
Whosoever grafts the tree and then sells its roots, its fruit will belong to one who grafts it except when provision is laid down by the buyer.

Reference: Sahih Muslim 1543 c

In-book reference: Book 21, Hadith 102

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 10, Hadith 3702