English translation
4618. It was narrated that 'Abdullāh bin Abū Al-Mujālid said: "I asked Ibn Abī Awfa about paying in advance. He said: 'We used to pay in advance during the time of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and Abū 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)
