Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Merchandise Sold on Credit Is Purchased Back for Cash at a Lower Price Called (‘ Aynah ) َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَدِيدِ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) إِنَّ سَلْسَبِيلَ طَلَبَتْ ٠ِائَةَ أَلْفِ دِرْهَ٠ٍ عَلَى أَنْ تُرْبِحَنِي عَشَرَةَ آلافٍ فَأَقْرَضْتُهُا تِسْعِينَ أَلْفاً وَأَبِيعُهَا ثَوْباً وَشِيّاً تُقَوَّ٠ُ عَلَيَّ بِأَلْفِ دِرْهَ٠ٍ بِعَشَرَةِ آلافِ دِرْهَ٠ٍ قَالَ لا بَأْسَ وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى لا بَأْسَ بِهِ أَعْطِهَا ٠ِائَةَ أَلْفٍ وَبِعْهَا الثَّوْبَ بِعَشَرَةِ آلافٍ وَاكْتُبْ عَلَيْهَا كِتَابَيْنِ.

I gave her ninety thousand dirham loan with the sale of a cloth and something else worth a thousand dirham for ten thousand dirham (she now owes a total of one hundred thousand dirham).’ He (the Imam) said, ’It is not unlawful.’ In another Hadith it is said, ‘It is not unlawful if you give her a hundred thousand and sell to her a cloth for ten thousand and write two contracts.’”