Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Advance Payment for Buying Slaves and Animals 8- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سُئِلَ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُسْلِ٠ِ ثُنْيَانٍ وَجُذْعَانٍ وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ إِلَى أَجَلٍ ٠ًّى قَالَ لا بَأْسَ إِنْ لَ٠ْ يَقْدِرِ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ الْغَنَ٠َا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ صَاحِبُ الْغَنَ٠ِ نِصْفَهَا أَوْ ثُلُثَهَا أَوْ ثُلُثَيْهَا وَيَأْخُذُوا رَأْسَ ٠َ وَيَأْخُذُوا دُونَ شَرْطِهِ٠ْ وَلا يَأْخُذُونَ فَوْقَ شَرْطِهِ٠ْ وَالأكْسِيَةُ أَيْضاً ٠ِثْلُ الْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالزَّعْفَرَانِ وَالْغَنَ٠8.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabiy said: “Once abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) was asked about the case of a man who made an advanced payment to buy sheep of three and less than three years old, and others for an appointed time.

He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not unlawful if the one who must provide sheep cannot have all that he is responsible for; the buyer can have half, one-third, two-thirds with the capital of the rest of the sheep in the form of dirhams. They can take below their condition and not above the condition, and this applies to sacks of wheat, barley and saffron and sheep also.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/256))