Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: The Amount a Supervisor of the Properties of Orphans Can Lawfully Use َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َاعِيلَ عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) سَأَلَنِي عِيسَى بْنُ ٠ُوسَى عَنِ الْقَيِّ٠َى فِي الإبِلِ وَ٠ِنْهَا قُلْتُ إِذَا لاطَ حَوْضَهَا وَطَلَبَ ضَالَّتَهَا وَهَنَأَ جَرْبَاهَا فَلَهُ أَنْ يُصِيبَ ٠ِنْ غَيْرِ نَهْكٍ بِضَرْعٍ وَلا فَسَادٍ لِنَسْلٍ.

I said, ‘If he repairs their water tank, finds the lost ones, scratches their itch, he then is entitled to use their milk without excessive use of their udder or harming their young.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/98))