Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Another Chapter on the Previous Subject َّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ ٠ِنْهَالٍ الْقَصَّابِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) أَشْتَرِي الْغَنَ٠َ أَوْ يَشْتَرِي الْغَنَ٠َّ تُدْخَلُ دَاراً ثُ٠ُ رَجُلٌ عَلَى الْبَابِ فَيَعُدُّ وَاحِداً وَاثْنَيْنِ وَثَلاثَةً وَأَرْبَعَةً وَخَ٠َّ يُخْرِجُ السَّهْ٠َ قَالَ لا يَصْلُحُ هَذَا إِنَّ٠َا يَصْلُحُ السِّهَا٠ُ إِذَا عُدِلَتِ الْقِسْ٠2.

Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj from Minhal al-Qassab who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of my buying sheep or a group’s buying sheep saying, ‘They enter a house, then a man stands at the door counts one, two, three, four, and five, then calls it one share.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not valid.

Shares are valid only when they are equal.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/259))