عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ : نُهِيَ عَنْ بَيْعِ الْحَيَوَانِ بِاللَّحْمِ. قَالَ أَبُو الزِّنَادِ : فَقُلْتُ لِسَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ : أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا اشْتَرَى شَارِفًا بِعَشَرَةِ شِيَاهٍ؟ فَقَالَ سَعِيدٌ : إِنْ كَانَ اشْتَرَاهَا لِيَنْحَرَهَا، فَلَا خَيْرَ فِي ذَلِكَ. قَالَ أَبُو الزِّنَادِ : وَكُلُّ مَنْ أَدْرَكْتُ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْ بَيْعِ الْحَيَوَانِ بِاللَّحْمِ، قَالَ أَبُو الزِّنَادِ : وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ يُكْتَبُ فِي عُهُودِ الْعُمَّالِ فِي زَمَانِ أَبَانَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ وَهِشَامِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ.
Said ibn al-Musayyib used to say: It is prohibited to sell an animal in exchange for meat. Abu al-Zinad said: I asked Said ibn al-Musayyib, "What if a person buys a camel in exchange for ten goats?" Said replied: "If it is bought for slaughtering, then it is not preferable." Abu al-Zinad said: I found all the scholars prohibiting the sale of an animal in exchange for meat, and during the time of Aban ibn Uthman and Hisham ibn Isma'il, this prohibition used to be written in the official decrees of the governors.