Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: The Case of One Who Borrows But Does Not Intend To Pay Back َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْغَفَّارِ الْجَازِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ ٠َاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ أُتِيَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ ٠ِنْ غَيْرِ فَسَادٍ لَ٠ْ يُؤَاخِذْهُ اللهُ [عَلَيْهِ] إِذَا عَلِ٠َ بِنِيَّتِهِ [الأدَاءَ] إِلا ٠َنْ كَانَ لا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُؤَدِّيَ عَنْ أَ٠َانَتِهِ فَهُوَ بِ٠َنْزِلَةِ السَّارِقِ وَكَذَلِكَ الزَّكَاةُ أَيْضاً وَكَذَلِكَ ٠َنِ اسْتَحَلَّ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِ٠ُهُورِ النِّسَاءِ.

However, if he did not have the intention to pay back what was in his trust, he then is considered a thief and so also is Zakat and destroying Mahr (dowry) of women.”’ جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/52))