The Ruling on Multiple Transactions in the Sale of Dates (‘Ariyah)

The questioner:
The Shaykh’s (may Allah protect you) position is that it is permissible for a person to conduct more than one transaction in the sale of dates (‘ariyah).

The Shaykh:
No, the ‘ariyah is only permissible to the extent of need, to the extent of need. One buys the amount of his need by estimating the dates, up to a limit of five wasq, up to a limit of five wasq. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) set a maximum limit for it, not to be exceeded: five wasq. Yes, meaning, and one wasq is sixty sa’ (a dry measure of about 3 kg), so five times sixty is three hundred Nabawi sa’. Yes. And the Nabawi sa’ is approximately three kilograms, so three hundred sa’ multiplied by three makes nine hundred kilograms. This is the amount. Yes.

The questioner:
So that the ‘ariyah is permissible even for what you do not intend.

The Shaykh:
No, we said at the beginning, we said that the ‘ariyah was only permitted as a dispensation for date palms specifically, and a dispensation is limited to its specific place and does not extend to others. Yes.