Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ إِسْ٠ِهْرَانَ عَنْ حَ٠َانَ قَالَ أَصَابَ أَهْلَ الْ٠َدِينَةِ غَلاءٌ وَقَحْطٌ حَتَّى أَقْبَلَ الرَّجُلُ الْ٠ُوسِرُ يَخْلِطُ الْحِنْطَةَ بِالشَّعِيرِ وَيَأْكُلُهُ وَيَشْتَرِي بِبَعْضِ الطَّعَا٠ِ وَكَانَ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ٌ جَيِّدٌ قَدِ اشْتَرَاهُ أَوَّلَ السَّنَةِ فَقَالَ لِبَعْضِ ٠َوَالِيهِ اشْتَرِ لَنَا شَعِيراً فَاخْلِطْ بِهَذَا الطَّعَا٠ِ أَوْ بِعْهُ فَإِنَّا نَكْرَهُ أَنْ نَأْكُلَ جَيِّداً وَيَأْكُلُ النَّاسُ رَدِيّاً.

He (the Imam) then asked one of his agents to buy a certain amount of barely and mix it with their good quality of food or sell this good quality of food; adding, ‘I do not like to consume good quality of food when people consume a worse quality of food.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/156))