Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Found and Lost Properties 5- عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الْعَلاءِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ ٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الدَّارِ يُوجَدُ فِيهَا الْوَرِقُ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَتْ ٠ُورَةً فِيهَا أَهْلُهَا فَهُوَ لَهُ٠ْ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ خَرِبَةً قَدْ جَلا عَنْهَا أَهْلُهَا فَالَّذِي وَجَدَ الْ٠َالَ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ.

He (the Imam) replied, ‘If it is livable and the dwellers live therein, it belongs to them; but if it is not livable, whose inhabitants have abandoned it, then it is for the one who has found it.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/110))