Volume 9, Book 92, Number 449:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri and Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle sent the brother of the tribe of Bani Adi Al-Ansari as governor of Khaibar. Then the
man returned, bringing Janib (a good kind of date). Allah’s Apostle asked him, “Are all the dates of
Khaibar like that?” He replied, “No, by Allah, O Allah’s Apostle! We take one Sa’ of these (good) dates
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for two Sas of mixed dates.” Allah’s Apostle then said, “Do not do so. You should either take one Sa of
this (kind) for one Sa’ of the other; or sell one kind and then buy with its price the other kind (of
dates), and you should do the same in weighing.”