وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِۦ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًۭا
Wa uheeta bisamarihee faasbaha yuqallibu kaffaihi 'alaa maaa anfaqa feehaa wa hiya khaawiyatun 'alaa 'urooshihaa wa yaqoolu yaalaitanee lam ushrik bi Rabbeee ahadaa
And his fruits were encompassed [by ruin], so he began to turn his hands about [in dismay] over what he had spent on it, while it had collapsed upon its trellises, and said, "Oh, I wish I had not associated with my Lord anyone."
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And his fruit was beset through the curbing measures mentioned above it was beset together with his garden by destruction and were thus ruined and so he began to wring his hands out of regret and anguish because of what he had spent on it on the cultivation of his garden as it lay fallen having collapsed on its trellises those supporting the vines so that first these collapsed and then the vine-grapes collapsed after them saying ‘O yā is for exclamation I wish I had not ascribed any partner to my Lord!’
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"Whoever sells fruit then his crop fails, he should not take (anything) from his brother."
(And he said something along the lines of) "Why would anyone of you consume the wealth of his Muslim brother?"
"Sa'd had many grapevines and he had someone looking after them for him. (The vines) bore many grapes, and that man wrote to him (saying): 'I am afraid that the grapes will be wasted; what do you think if I squeeze them to make juice? Sa'd wrote to him (saying): 'When this letter of mine reaches you, leave my land, for by Allah I cannot trust you with anything ever agin.' So he made him leave his land."
That his father said, "I saw the Tree (of the Ar-Ridwan Pledge of allegiance and when I returned to it
later, I was not able to recognize it. (The sub--narrator MahmiJd said, Al-Musaiyab said, 'Then; forgot
it (i.e., the Tree).)"
Once `Umar (bin Al-Khattab) said to the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) "What do you think about this
Verse:--"Does any of you wish that he should have a garden?" They replied, "Allah knows best."
`Umar became angry and said, "Either say that you know or say that you do not know!" On that Ibn
`Abbas said, "O chief of the believers! I have something in my mind to say about it." `Umar said, "O
son of my brother! Say, and do not under estimate yourself." Ibn `Abbas said, "This Verse has been
set up as an example for deeds." `Umar said, "What kind of deeds?" Ibn `Abbas said, "For deeds."
`Umar said, "This is an example for a rich man who does goods out of obedience of Allah and then
Allah sends him Satan whereupon he commits sins till all his good deeds are lost."
If somebody bought fruits before their benefit
is evident and then the fruits were spoiled with blights, the loss
would be suffered by the owner (not the buyer).
Narrated Salim bin 'Abdullah from Ibn Umar: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Do
not sell or buy fruits before their benefit was evident and do not
sell fresh fruits (dates) for dried dates."
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