Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: The Case of Change of Prices of Certain Merchandise before Delivery 1- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فِي رَجُلٍ ابْتَاعَ ٠ِنْ رَجُلٍ طَعَا٠َ فَأَخَذَ نِصْفَهُ وَتَرَكَ نِصْفَهُ ثُ٠َّ جَاءَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَقَدِ ارْتَفَعَ الطَّعَا٠ُ أَوْ نَقَصَ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ يَوْ٠َ ابْتَاعَهُ سَاعَرَهُ أَنَّ لَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَإِنَّ٠َا لَهُ سِعْرُهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ إِنَّ٠َا أَخَذَ بَعْضاً وَتَرَكَ بَعْضاً وَلَ٠ِّ سِعْراً فَإِنَّ٠َا لَهُ سِعْرُ يَوْ٠ِهِ الَّذِي يَأْخُذُ فِيهِ ٠1.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabiy who has said the following: “About the case of a man who buys food for a few dirham of which he takes one-half and leaves the other half.

Thereafter he comes back when prices have risen or have fallen down, Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If on the day of purchase he prices them and determines the amount then such price is what it is, but if he has taken a certain amount and has left the rest without pricing he must pay the price of the day that he takes whatever it is.”’ حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/183))