Muwatta Malik
Book 31, Hadith 65
Arabic hadith text
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، يَقُولُ مِنْ مَيْسِرِ أَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ بَيْعُ الْحَيَوَانِ بِاللَّحْمِ بِالشَّاةِ وَالشَّاتَيْنِ .
Translation
Yahya related to me from Malik from Da'ud ibn al-Husayn that heheard Said ibn alMusayyab say, "Part of the gambling of the people ofJahiliya was bartering live animals for slaughtered meat, for instanceone live sheep for two slaughtered sheep."