Those who permitted salam in animals

It is narrated from al-Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) made an advance sale (salam) for servants, among them Abu Za'idah, our freed slave.

Amir (may Allah have mercy on him) said: There is no harm in it.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) saw no harm in it.

Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) said: There is no harm in an advance sale (salam) of animals with those who own goats, when the time is fixed and the age is also specified.

Al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) saw no harm in an advance sale (salam) of animals when the age and the time are fixed and specified.

Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) saw no harm in an advance sale (salam) of animals, and in a man receiving less than what was stipulated or more than it in terms of ages, when both the receiver and the giver are content.

Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) used to say: We used to make advance sales (salam) for servants, stipulating that the slave should be so many handspans (in length and breadth).

Abu Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him) said: There is no harm in an advance sale (salam) of animals.

Al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) saw no harm in an advance sale (salam) of slaves when their age is known.

Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) saw no harm in this.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked about the advance sale (salam) of animals (servants). He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: There is no harm in it.