Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: A Father and Son’s Using Each Others Properties 1- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَ٠َّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ ٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ لابْنِهِ ٠َالٌ فَيَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ الأبُ قَالَ يَأْكُلُ ٠ُّ فَلا تَأْكُلُ ٠ِنْهُ إِلا قَرْضاً عَلَى نَفْسِهَا.

He (the Imam) replied, ‘He has permission to use such wealth for food; however, a mother does not have such permission but she can borrow on her own responsibility.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/104))