or to sell fresh dates while they are still on the palm for a measured quantity of dried dates—this is the transaction known as muzābanah. A limited concession exists for ʿarāyā: the sale of fresh dates still on the tree for dried dates already gathered, or of grapes on the vine for raisins, provided the amount involved is less than five wasqs. If the amount is greater but divided into two separate sales, the transaction is valid. Immediate mutual possession is required: the dried dates must be handed over by measure, and the buyer must be given full access to the palm trees. The sounder view is that this concession does not extend to other kinds of fruit and that it is not confined to the poor.