\n A number of our companions...

\n A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Ismail Bin Mihran, from Hammad Bin Usman who said, \n \u2018The people of Al-Medina were hit by high prices and a drought to the extent that the affluent used to mix the wheat with the barley and he would eat it, and they would buy only part of the food (required), and there was good quality food with Abu Abdullah -asws which he -asws had bought it at the beginning of the year.

So he -asws said to one of his -asws adherents: \u2018Buy some barley for us -asws so I -asws can mix it with this food, otherwise sell it, for we -asws do not like it that we -asws should eat good quality food while the people eat the perished (food)\u2019.