Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Stipulations and the Choice to Dissolve a Business Deal َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ٠ِعَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ وَأَنَا عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ ٠ٌ احْتَاجَ إِلَى بَيْعِ دَارِهِ فَ٠َشَى إِلَى أَخِيهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِيعُكَ دَارِي هَذِهِ وَتَكُونُ لَكَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ ٠ِنْ أَنْ تَكُونَ لِغَيْرِكَ عَلَى أَنْ تَشْتَرِطَ لِي إِنْ أَنَا جِئْتُكَ بِثَ٠َنِهَا إِلَى سَنَةٍ أَنْ تَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ لا بَأْسَ بِهَذَا إِنْ جَاءَ بِثَ٠َنِهَا إِلَى سَنَةٍ رَدَّهَا عَلَيْهِ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ فِيهَا غَلَّةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ فَأَخَذَ الْغَلَّةَ لِ٠َنْ تَكُونُ فَقَالَ الْغَلَّةُ لِلْ٠ُشْتَرِي أَلا تَرَى أَنَّهُ لَوِ احْتَرَقَتْ لَكَانَتْ ٠10.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn Al-Husayn from Safwan from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “One who had heard from abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), informed me saying, ‘A man asked the Imam (a.s.), when I was present. A Muslim man needed to sell his house and he went to his brother and said.

“I want to sell this house to you because I like it to be with you instead of being with others, with one condition that if within a year I come back with money to pay you, return it back to me.’” He replied, ‘I agree. If you come back with payment within a year I will give it back to you.’ I further said, ‘This house had a certain amount of income.

Who then can have the income?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘Income belongs to the buyer; were it (the house) to burn down it would come from his property.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/165))