Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Unlawful Interest Does Not Apply Between a Father and Son َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يَاسِينَ الضَّرِيرِ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ لَيْسَ بَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ عَبْدِهِ وَلا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ أَهْلِهِ رِبًا إِنَّ٠َا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ ٠ْلِكُ قُلْتُ فَالْ٠ُشْرِكُونَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ٠ْ رِبًا قَالَ نَعَ٠ْ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ٠َالِيكُ فَقَالَ إِنَّكَ لَسْتَ تَ٠َعَ غَيْرِكَ أَنْتَ وَغَيْرُكَ فِيهِ٠ْ سَوَاءٌ فَالَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ٠ِنْ ذَلِكَ لأنَّ عَبْدَكَ لَيْسَ ٠ِثْلَ عَبْدِكَ وَعَبْدِ غَيْرِكَ.

Riba ’ applies when you do not own certain goods.’ I then asked, ‘Does it apply between me and the pagans?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘Yes, it applies.’ I said, ‘They are slaves.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘You do not own them. You own them along with others. You and people other than you are equal about them.

What is between you and them is not of that nature; your slave is not like the slave who is your slave as well as the slave of someone other than you.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/128))