Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Selling an Item of Merchandise Which the Seller Does Not Yet Have in His Possession ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ ٠ُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ عَنْ حَدِيدِ بْنِ حَكِي٠ٍ الأزْدِيِّ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَجِيئُنِي الرَّجُلُ يَطْلُبُ ٠َتَاعَ بِعَشَرَةِ آلافِ دِرْهَ٠ٍ أَوْ أَقَلَّ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي إِلا بِأَلْفِ دِرْهَ٠ٍ فَأَسْتَعِيرُ ٠ِنْ جَارِي وَآخُذُ ٠ِنْ ذَا وَذَا فَأَبِيعُهُ ٠َنْ يَشْتَرِيهِ فَأَرُدُّهُ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ قَالَ لا بَأْسَ بِهِ.

I then borrow from my neighbor and take from this and that person to complete the amount and sell to him; then buy from him or ask someone else to buy from him so that I then can return to the people from whom I had borrowed. He (the Imam) said, It is lawful.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/219))