The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade some of the sales of crops because of the harm they incur on one or both sides of the transaction (buyer and seller). These sales include Mukhābarah, which is to lease out land in return for the produce of a specified part of the land; Muhāqalah, which is to sell wheat in the ear in return for husked wheat (wheat separated from the chaff); Muzābanah, which is to sell dates on palm trees in return for dates. He also forbade selling fruit until its condition becomes clear that it is free from blight and good for eating, but he made an exception for ‘Araya (date-palms), i.e. ripe dates after their value is estimated, in return for the same value of fruit.

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• the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the Muzābanah sale: that is to sell fruits in one's garden, if it is palm trees, for dates by dry measure; and if it is a vineyard, to sell for raisins by dry mea...
• The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited the selling of a fruit until it is evidently ripe. He forbade both the buyer and the seller
• Do not go out to meet the riders (in a trade caravan), do not urge buyers to cancel a sale transaction to make a new one with you, do not bid against each other (to fool another bidder), a townsman must not buy on behalf of a Bedouin, and d...
• The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the town-dweller to sell (merchandise) on behalf of a Bedouin