Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Advance Payment for Buying Slaves and Animals َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ سَ٠َاعَةَ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِ فِي الْحَيَوَانِ فَقَالَ أَسْنَانٌ ٠َةٌ وَأَسْنَانٌ ٠َعْدُودَةٌ إِلَى أَجَلٍ ٠11.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from abu Ayyub from Sama‘ah who has said the following: “Once abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about advance payment to buy animals. He (the Imam) said, ‘The age must be clearly known and the numbers must be made known for the known time, then it is not unlawful.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/257))