English translation
2244, 2245. Narrated Muḥammad bin Al-Mujālid: 'Abdullāh bin Shaddād and Abū Burda sent me to 'Abdullāh bin Abī Aūfā رضي الله عَنْهُمَا and told me to ask 'Abdullāh whether the people in the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ used to pay in advance for wheat (to be delivered later). 'Abdullāh replied, "We used to pay in advance to the peasants of Sham for wheat, barley and olive oil for a known specified measure to be delivered in a known specified time-period." I asked (him), "Was the price paid (in advance) to those who had the things to be delivered later?" 'Abdullāh bin Aūfā replied, "We did not use to ask them about that." Then they sent me to 'Abdur Rahmān bin Abzā and I asked him. He replied, "The Companions of the Prophet ﷺ used to practise As-Salam in the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ and we did not use to ask them whether they had standing crops or not."