724 – On the authority of Zayd ibn Thābit (may Allah be pleased with him): “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted a concession with respect to the ʿarāyā, allowing them to be sold on the basis of their estimated amount by measure.” Agreed upon.

Muslim adds: “He permitted the ʿariyyah: the members of a household take it according to its estimated amount in dried dates and then eat it fresh.” ⦗1⦘

Vocabulary of the ḥadith
– rakhkhaṣa (he granted a concession): linguistically, a rukhsah means ease and facilitation; technically, it is a ruling that departs from an established scriptural proof because a stronger, overriding consideration exists. The concession here comes after the general prohibition of exchanging dates for dates except in equal amounts.
– bi-kharsi-hā (by its estimation): with an open khāʾ it is a verbal noun, and with a closed khāʾ it refers to the object being estimated. To khars something is to gauge and approximate it by informed assessment. One says: “He estimated (kharasa) the palms and the vines,” meaning he approximated the quantity of fresh dates as dried dates and of grapes as raisins.
– al-ʿariyyah: on the morphological pattern faʿīlah with the sense of mafʿūlah; the feminine tāʾ shifts the word from an adjective to a noun. The contract designated by this term is “stripped” of the general prohibition, hence its name. The plural is ʿarāyā.
– tamran (in dried dates): may function as a specification (tamyīz) or, alternatively, as an implied circumstantial accusative (ḥāl muqaddarah).
– ruṭaban (fresh): an accusative of state; the state is either an actual participle or something construed as one.