If he cheats him, I leave the partnership.

If he cheats him, I leave the partnership.” [^6] Husayn ibn Mukhtar asked Imam Sadiq : “If one who has a partner finds out that his partner has cheated him, does he have the right to take the same amount of money from what they share?” Imam Sadiq replied: شُوِّه! إنمَّا اشتَرَكا بأمَانَةِ اللهِ، وإنّي لأُحِبُّ لهُ إنْ رَآى شَيئاً مِن ذلِكَ أنْ يَسْتُرَ عَلَيهِ ومَا أُحِبُّ أنْ يَأخُذَ مِنهُ شَيئاً بِغَيرِ عِلْمِهِ. “How unseemly! They only entered into partnership in the security of God.

I wish him to cover up his partner’s mistake, and do not like him to take anything without the knowledge of his partner.” [^7] Thus, we realize that partners should not cheat each other. They should not take things from their joint property in each other’s absence since this act would violate the rights of the other partner. [^1]: Qamus-i-Qur’an, v.4, p.20. [^2]: Al-Khalaf, Shaykh Tusi, v.2, p.138. [^3]: Qawa’id al-Ahkam, v.1, p.242. [^4]: Wasa’il al-Shi’ah, v.2, p.284.

[^5]: Wasa’il al-Shi’ah, v.2, p.285. [^6]: Nahjul Fasaha, Kalameh 767. [^7]: Wasa’il al-Shi’ah, v.13, p.187. Previous…