Buying and Selling: Selling Fruit Before It Forms Buds
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Ayatullah Sistani
Ruling 2110
The sale of fruit that is on trees before the fruit forms buds and sheds its flower is permitted, but it must be sold with something else in the way described in the previous ruling; or, the sale must be for one year or more of fruit.
-Ayatullah Sistani, Practical Laws of Islam, Buying and Selling