Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Buying and Selling Fruits َاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) إِنَّ لِي نَخْلا بِالْبَصْرَةِ فَأَبِيعُهُ وَأُسَ٠َنَ وَأَسْتَثْنِي الْكُرَّ ٠ْرِ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ أَوِ الْعِذْقَ ٠ِنَ النَّخْلِ قَالَ لا بَأْسَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ بَيْعُ السَّنَتَيْنِ قَالَ لا بَأْسَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ ذَا عِنْدَنَا عَظِي٠َّا إِنَّكَ إِنْ قُلْتَ ذَاكَ لَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) أَحَلَّ ذَلِكَ فَتَظَالَ٠ُوا فَقَالَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) لا تُبَاعُ الثَّ٠َرَةُ حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ صَلاحُهَا.

I sell them for a certain price excluding one Kur (a certain measurement) of the dates or more or the cluster of dates.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘There is no offense in it.’ I then said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, what do you say about selling for two years?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘There is no offense in it.’ I then said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, this is great among us.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘As you mentioned it, the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, had made it permissible but they wronged each other.

He (a.s.), then said, ‘You must not buy it until fruits appear and are out of danger.”’ جهول كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/173))