حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ح و حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ کَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ أَوْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُجَالِدٍ قَالَ اخْتَلَفَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ شَدَّادٍ وَأَبُو بُرْدَةَ فِي السَّلَفِ فَبَعَثُونِي إِلَی ابْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَی فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ إِنْ کُنَّا نُسْلِفُ عَلَی عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَبِي بَکْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فِي الْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالتَّمْرِ وَالزَّبِيبِ زَادَ ابْنُ کَثِيرٍ إِلَی قَوْمٍ مَا هُوَ عِنْدَهُمْ ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا وَسَأَلْتُ ابْنَ أَبْزَي فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِکَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3464
Muhammad or Abdullah bin Mujahid said: Abdullah bin Shaddad and Abu Burdah disputed over salaf (payment in advance). They sent me to Ibn Abi Awfa and I asked him (about it) and he replied: We used to pay in advance (salaf) during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abu Bakr and Umar in wheat, barley, dates and raisins. Ibn Kathir added: "to those people who did not possess these things. " The agreed version then goes: I then asked Ibn Abza who gave a similar reply.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020