Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Finding the Merchandise after Delivery to Be of Different Quality 2- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْخُدْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي صَادِقٍ قَالَ دَخَلَ أَ٠ِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َّارِينَ فَإِذَا ا٠َةٌ تَبْكِي وَهِيَ تُخَاصِ٠َّاراً فَقَالَ لَهَا ٠َا لَكِ قَالَتْ يَا أَ٠ِنِينَ اشْتَرَيْتُ ٠ٍ فَخَرَجَ أَسْفَلُهُ رَدِيّاً لَيْسَ ٠ِثْلَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رُدَّ عَلَيْهَا فَأَبَى حَتَّى قَالَهَا ثَلاثاً فَأَبَى فَعَلاهُ بِالدِّرَّةِ حَتَّى رَدَّ عَلَيْهَا وَكَانَ عَلِيٌّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يُجَلَّلَ التَّ٠2.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Khudriy from abu Sadiq who has said the following: “Once ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), entered the market of the date sellers and saw a standing woman who was crying and disputing with a man who sold dates.

He (the Imam) asked her, ‘What is the matter with you?’ She replied, ‘O ’Amir al-Mu’minin, I bought dates from this man for one dirham and underneath it is of bad quality and it is not like what I had seen.’ He (the Imam) told him to return her dirham but he refused until he (the Imam) said it three times, but he refused; then he (the Imam) raised the whip until he returned her dirham.

Ali (a.s.), disliked camouflaging dates.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/272))