Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Using the Properties of Orphans in Business and Lending َاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ فِي رَجُلٍ عِنْدَهُ ٠ِ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ ٠ُحْتَاجاً وَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٠َالَهُ وَإِنْ [هُوَ] اتَّجَرَ بِهِ فَالرِّبْحُ لِلْيَتِي٠3.

Muhammad ibn ‘Isma’il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Rib’iy ibn ‘Abd Allah who has said the following: “About the case of a man who has the assets of an orphan with him, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If he is poor and has no assets of his own, he must not touch the assets of the orphan; and if he uses it in business, he is responsible for it and the profit belongs to the orphan.’” جهول كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/100))