Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 35173 — What they said on selling spoils

Ash'ath (may Allah have mercy on him) said that al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) and Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him), both of them, considered the sale by increased bidding (auction) disliked, except for the sale of inheritances and of the spoils of war.