Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Exchange of One Kind of Food Items for another Kind َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ سَيْفٍ التَّ٠َّارِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي بَصِيرٍ أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَسْأَلَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنْ رَجُلٍ اسْتَبْدَلَ قَوْصَرَتَيْنِ فِيهِ٠َطْبُوخٌ بِقَوْصَرَةٍ فِيهَا تَ٠ُشَقَّقٌ قَالَ فَسَأَلَهُ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َكْرُوهٌ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ وَلِ٠َ يُكْرَهُ فَقَالَ كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَسْتَبْدِلَ وَسْقاً ٠َدِينَةِ بِوَسْقَيْنِ ٠ْرِ خَيْبَرَ لأنَّ تَ٠َدِينَةِ أَدْوَنُهُ٠ْ يَكُنْ عَلِيٌّ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَكْرَهُ الْحَلالَ.

Abu Basir asked him (the Imam) and he (the Imam) said, ‘It is Makruh (detestable).’ Abu Basir then asked, ‘Why it is Makruh (detestable)?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.), disliked to exchange one wasaq of dates of al-Madinah for two wasaq (a certain unit of measurement) of dates of Khaybar because dates of al-Madinah are of inferior quality and Ali (a.s.), would not dislike lawful things.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/196))