Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Separation of Slaves from their Relatives (Is Not Permissible) 3- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ٠َاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ جَ٠ِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَا٠ِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) أَنَّهُ اشْتُرِيَتْ لَهُ جَارِيَةٌ ٠ِنَ الْكُوفَةِ قَالَ فَذَهَبَ لِتَقُو٠َ فِي بَعْضِ الْحَاجَةِ فَقَالَتْ يَا أُ٠َّاهْ فَقَالَ لَهَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َرَ بِهَا فَرُدَّتْ فَقَالَ ٠َنْتُ لَوْ حَبَسْتُهَا أَنْ أَرَى فِي وُلْدِي ٠3.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn ‘Isma’il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan all from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hisham ibn al-Hakam who has said the following: “I once bought a slave-girl from al-Kufah for abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.). He then went so she can do a certain task.

She said, ‘O mother!’ Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), asked, ‘Do you have a mother?’ She replied, ‘Yes, I have a mother.’ He (the Imam) commanded to return her and said, ‘On keeping her I did not feel safe from seeing in my children what I dislike to see.’” حسن كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/252))