others; because they differ in most of these meanings. It is impossible to estimate their quantity due to their scattering on the branches and their concealment by the leaves, and their dried form is not consumed as a staple, so there is no need to purchase it. Al-Qadi said: It is permissible in all other fruits. This is the view of Malik and al-Awza'i, based on analogy to the fruit of palm trees. Our evidence is what al-Tirmidhi reported, that the Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade muzabana—selling fruit for dates—except for the 'ariyya, as he granted them permission, and he forbade the sale of grapes for raisins, and every fruit for its estimated equivalent. This is a hasan (good) hadith, and it indicates the restriction of the 'ariyya to dates. It is narrated from Zayd ibn Thabit, from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), that he granted a concession after that for the sale of the 'ariyya for fresh dates or dried dates, and he did not grant a concession for anything else. From Ibn 'Umar, he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade muzabana, and muzabana is the sale of palm fruit for dates by measure, and the sale of grapes for raisins by measure, and every fruit for its estimated equivalent. Because the principle requires the prohibition of the sale of the 'ariyya, and it was only permitted for palm fruit as a concession; it is not valid to apply an analogy of other fruits to it for two reasons: First, other fruits are not equal to it in the extent of their consumption as a staple, the ease of estimating them, and the fact that the original concession was for the people of Medina, whose need was specifically for fresh dates and nothing else. Second, analogy cannot be acted upon if it contradicts a text, and their analogy contradicts texts that are not restricted, whereas restriction is only permissible through analogy to the specific subject mentioned. The prohibition by the Prophet (peace be upon him) of selling grapes for raisins has not been subject to any restriction, so it cannot be used as an analogy; the same applies to all other fruits. And Allah knows best.