English translation
2282. It was narrated that Abu Mujālid said: "Abdullāh bin Shaddād and Abu Barzah had a dispute about paying in advance. They sent me to 'Abdullāh bin Abu Awfa to ask him about it. He said: 'We used to make payments in advance at the time of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and the time of Abu Bakr and 'Umar, for wheat, barley, raisins and dates, to people who did not yet possess those things.' I asked Ibn Abzā, and he said something similar." (Sahih)
