وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى، وَعَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا
قَالَا: «كُنَّا نُصِيبُ اَلْمَغَانِمَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَكَانَ يَأْتِينَا أَنْبَاطٌ مِنْ أَنْبَاطِ اَلشَّامِ، فَنُسْلِفُهُمْ فِي اَلْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالزَّبِيبِ (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: وَالزَّيْتِ) إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى. قِيلَ: أَكَانَ لَهُمْ زَرْعٌ? قَالَا: مَا كُنَّا نَسْأَلُهُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ»
“We were getting a portion of the spoils of war along with the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and some Nabateans (Arabs who mixed with non-Arabs and corrupted their language and lineage) from those of Syria used to come to us and we would pay in advance to them for wheat, barley and raisins – A narration has: ‘and olive oil’ – for a specified fixed time.” It was asked, “Did they have standing crop?” They replied, “We were not asking them about that.”.