61 - Chapter on Salam (advance payment) in Food

4614 - 'Ubaydullah ibn Sa'id informed us, saying: Yahya narrated to us, from Shu'bah, from 'Abdullah ibn Abi al-Mujalid, who said:
I asked Ibn Abi Awfa about salaf (advance payment). He said: We used to give advance payment in the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and Abu Bakr and 'Umar, for wheat, barley, and dates, to people — I do not know whether they had [the goods] with them or not. And Ibn Abza said — meaning — the like of that.

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It was also recorded — with similar wording — by Ahmad, as mentioned by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar in "Atraf al-Musnad" 2/283, and by the author in "al-Kubra" (6163), via the chain of Shayban al-Nahwi, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Ya'la ibn Hakim, from Yusuf ibn Mahak, from 'Abdullah ibn 'Ismah, from Hakim ibn Hizam.

Al-Bayhaqi said in "al-Sunan" 5/313: This is a good (hasan) and connected chain. I say: Because of 'Abdullah ibn 'Ismah — a group narrated from him, and Ibn Hibban mentioned him in "al-Thiqat."

It was also recorded — with similar wording — by Ahmad (15316), and by the author in "al-Kubra" (6163), via the chain of Hisham al-Dastuwa'i, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from a man, from Yusuf ibn Mahak, similar to the preceding chain.

It is supported by the hadith of 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As mentioned in the two preceding narrations, and the first narration's chain is good (hasan).

His saying: "I sell it" — al-Sindi said: With the interrogative hamzah implied.

(1) Its chain is authentic (sahih). Yahya: he is Ibn Sa'id al-Qattan. 'Abdullah ibn Abi al-Mujalid is also called Muhammad, and this will be clarified in the following narration. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (6164).

It was also recorded by Abu Dawud (3465) and Ibn Majah (2282), both from Muhammad ibn Bashshar, from Yahya al-Qattan, with this chain.

It will follow in the next narration with the addition: raisins.

Al-Sindi said: His saying: "We used to give advance payment" (kunnā nuslif) is from aslafa, and the intended meaning is salam, i.e., we would give the price and pay it in advance for these things to people... etc. The purpose is to clarify the subject of the preceding hadith, and that it concerns the sale of a specific item, not salam.