أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمُجَالِدِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَی عَنْ السَّلَفِ قَالَ کُنَّا نُسْلِفُ عَلَی عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَبِي بَکْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فِي الْبُرِّ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالتَّمْرِ إِلَی قَوْمٍ لَا أَدْرِي أَعِنْدَهُمْ أَمْ لَا وَابْنُ أَبْزَی قَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِکَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4629
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin Abu Al-Mujalid said: “I asked Ibn Abi Awla about paying in advance. He said: ‘We used to pay in advance during the time of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and Abu Bakr and ‘Umar, for wheat, barley and dates, paying people whom we did not know if they had those things or not.” Ibn Abza said — meaning, similarly. (Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020