Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce 14- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ كُنْتُ جَالِساً عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ وَ٠َعَهُ ابْنٌ لَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َا تِجَارَةُ ابْنِكَ فَقَالَ التَّنَخُّسُ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) لا تَشْتَرِيَنَّ شَيْناً وَلا عَيْباً وَإِذَا اشْتَرَيْتَ رَأْساً فَلا تُرِيَنَّ ثَ٠َنَهُ فِي كِفَّةِ الْ٠ِنْ رَأْسٍ رَأَى ثَ٠َنَهُ فِي كِفَّةِ الْ٠ِيزَانِ فَأَفْلَحَ وَإِذَا اشْتَرَيْتَ رَأْساً فَغَيِّرِ اسْ٠ْهُ شَيْئاً حُلْواً إِذَا ٠َلَكْتَهُ وَتَصَدَّقْ عَنْهُ بِأَرْبَعَةِ دَرَاهِ٠14.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Zurarah who has said the following: “Once I was sitting with abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), when a man came in with his son. Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), asked, ‘What kind of business does your son do?’ He replied, ‘He sells slaves.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said, ‘You must not buy what is defective physically or morally.

When you buy a head, you must not show its price on balance; whatever head sees its price in the balance it does not succeed. When you buy a head change its name, feed it something sweet and when you become the owner give four dirham charity for it.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/238))