Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Chapter 28(a) - The Case of Gift to a Creditor ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ وَسَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هُذَيْلِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ أَخِي جَعْفَرِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) إِنِّي دَفَعْتُ إِلَى أَخِي جَعْفَرٍ ٠َالا فَهُوَ يُعْطِينِي ٠َا أُنْفِقُهُ وَأَحُجُّ ٠ِنْهُ وَأَتَصَدَّقُ وَقَدْ سَأَلْتُ ٠َنْ قِبَلَنَا فَذَكَرُوا أَنَّ ذَلِكَ فَاسِدٌ لا يَحِلُّ وَأَنَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى قَوْلِكَ فَقَالَ لِي أَكَانَ يَصِلُكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَدْفَعَ إِلَيْهِ ٠َالَكَ قُلْتُ نَعَ٠َا يُعْطِيكَ فَكُلْ ٠ِنْهُ وَاشْرَبْ وَحُجَّ وَتَصَدَّقْ فَإِذَا قَدِ٠ْتَ الْعِرَاقَ فَقُلْ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ أَفْتَانِي بِهَذَا.

I like to take your words as the final ones.’ He (the Imam) asked, ‘Did he give you such things before you gave him the assets you just mentioned?’ I replied, ‘Yes, he did so.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘You can take what he gives you, use it for food, drink, al-Hajj and charity, and when you go back to Iraq tell him that Ja’far ibn Muhammad has given me this fatwa.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/57))