أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الْمُجَالِدِ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ تَمَارَی أَبُو بُرْدَةَ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ شَدَّادٍ فِي السَّلَمِ فَأَرْسَلُونِي إِلَی ابْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَی فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ کُنَّا نُسْلِمُ عَلَی عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَلَی عَهْدِ أَبِي بَکْرٍ وَعَلَی عَهْدِ عُمَرَ فِي الْبُرِّ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالزَّبِيبِ وَالتَّمْرِ إِلَی قَوْمٍ مَا نُرَی عِنْدَهُمْ وَسَأَلْتُ ابْنَ أَبْزَی فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِکَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4630
Ibn AbI Al-Mujalid — on one occasion he (the narrator) said ‘Abdullah, and on another occasion he said Muhammad — said: “Abu Burdah and ‘Abdullah bin Shaddad argued about payment in advance. They sent me to Ibn AbI Awla and I asked him (about that). 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, raisins and dates, paying people whom we did not see it with them.” And I asked Ibn Abza and he said something similar to that. (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020