Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Permissibility or Otherwise of Approaching Merchandise Long Before Other Merchants ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَأَحْ٠ُثَنًّى الْحَنَّاطِ عَنْ ٠ِنْهَالٍ الْقَصَّابِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قَالَ لا تَلَقَّ وَلا تَشْتَرِ ٠َا تُلُقِّيَ وَلا تَأْكُلْ ٠2.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from Muthanna’ al-Hannat from Minhal al-Qassab who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), once said, ‘You must not travel to meet the caravan of suppliers out of the city before other buyers, you must not buy from those you meet in this way and you must not eat from items purchased in this way.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/160))