Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Buying and Selling Fruits َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) وَقُلْتُ لَهُ أُعْطِي الرَّجُلَ لَهُ الثَّ٠َرَةُ عِشْرِينَ دِينَاراً عَلَى أَنِّي أَقُولُ لَهُ إِذَا قَا٠َرَتُكَ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ فَهِيَ لِي بِذَلِكَ الثَّ٠َنِ إِنْ رَضِيتَ أَخَذْتُ وَإِنْ كَرِهْتَ تَرَكْتُ فَقَالَ ٠َا تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تُعْطِيَهُ وَلا تَشْتَرِطَ شَيْئاً قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ لا يُسَ٠ِّي شَيْئاً وَاللهُ يَعْلَ٠ِنْ نِيَّتِهِ ذَلِكَ قَالَ لا يَصْلُحُ إِذَا كَانَ ٠ِنْ نِيَّتِهِ [ذَلِكَ].

He (the Imam) said, ‘You cannot give him or stipulate for anything.’ I said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, he does not say anything and Allah knows his intention.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not valid if it is in his intention (the merchandise must exist).”’ صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/175))