ʿAbdullah bin Shaddad and Abu Burda sent me to ʿAbdullah bin Abi ʿAufa and told me to ask ʿAbdullah whether the people in the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ used to pay in advance for wheat (to be delivered later). ʿAbdullah replied, "We used to pay in advance to the peasants of Sham for wheat, barley and olive oil of a known specified measure to be delivered in a specified period." I asked (him), "Was the price paid (in advance) to those who had the things to be delivered later?" ʿAbdullah bin ʿAufa replied, "We did not use to ask them about that." Then they sent me to ʿAbdur Rahman bin Abza and I asked him. He replied, "The companions of the Prophet ﷺ used to practice Salam in the lifetime of the Prophet; and we did not use to ask them whether they had standing crops or not."  

بَعَثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ شَدَّادٍ وَأَبُو بُرْدَةَ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى ؓ فَقَالاَ سَلْهُ هَلْ كَانَ أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي الْحِنْطَةِ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ كُنَّا نُسْلِفُ نَبِيطَ أَهْلِ الشَّأْمِ فِي الْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالزَّيْتِ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ قُلْتُ إِلَى مَنْ كَانَ أَصْلُهُ عِنْدَهُ قَالَ مَا كُنَّا نَسْأَلُهُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ بَعَثَانِي إِلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ كَانَ أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُسْلِفُونَ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلَمْ نَسْأَلْهُمْ أَلَهُمْ حَرْثٌ أَمْ لاَ  

as above (446) and said, "We used to pay them in advance for wheat and barley (to be delivered later). Narrated Ash-Shaibani--"And also for oil." Narrated Ash-Shaibani: who said "We used to pay in advance for wheat barley and dried grapes."  

وَقَالَ فِي الْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالزَّبِيبِ  

I asked Ibn ʿAbbas about Salam for (the fruits of) date-palms. He replied "The Prophet ﷺ forbade the sale a dates on the trees till they became fit for eating and could be weighed." A man asked what to be weighed (as the dates were still on the trees). Another man sitting beside Ibn ʿAbbas replied, "Till they are cut and stored." Narrated Abu Al-Bakhtari: I heard Ibn ʿAbbas (saying) that the Prophet ﷺ forbade ... etc. as above.  

نَهَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنْ بَيْعِ النَّخْلِ حَتَّى يُؤْكَلَ مِنْهُ وَحَتَّى يُوزَنَ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ وَأَىُّ شَىْءٍ يُوزَنُ قَالَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى جَانِبِهِ حَتَّى يُحْرَزَ وَقَالَ مُعَاذٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو قَالَ أَبُو الْبَخْتَرِيِّ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ نَهَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ