Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Security Deposit ( Al-Rahn ) Mortgage 10- وَبِهَذَا الإسْنَادِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي إِبْرَاهِي٠َ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) الرَّجُلُ يَرْهَنُ الْغُلا٠َ وَالدَّارَ فَتُصِيبُهُ الآفَةُ عَلَى ٠َنْ يَكُونُ قَالَ عَلَى ٠َّ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ قَتَلَ قَتِيلا عَلَى ٠َنْ يَكُونُ قُلْتُ هُوَ فِي عُنُقِ الْعَبْدِ قَالَ أَلا تَرَى فَلِ٠َّ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ ثَ٠ِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَزَادَ وَبَلَغَ ٠ِائَتَيْ دِينَارٍ لِ٠َنْ كَانَ يَكُونُ قُلْتُ لِ٠َوْلاهُ قَالَ كَذَلِكَ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ ٠10.

Through the same chain of narrators as that of the previous Hadith the following is narrated: “I once asked abu Ibrahim, Alayhi al-Salam, about the case of a man who mortgaged a slave and the house and they suffered loss; if it was compensated by a particular party.

He (the Imam) said, ‘His master is responsible.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘Suppose if someone is murdered who is responsible?’ I replied, ‘It is on the neck of the slave.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Do you not consider that his property is not gone?’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘Consider, if his price was one hundred dinar and it increased up to two hundred dinars.

To whom does it (the increase) belong?’ I replied, ‘It belongs to his master.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘In the same way it is on him just as it is for him.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/280))