Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Security Deposit ( Al-Rahn ) Mortgage ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَأَحْ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَلادٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَأْخُذُ الدَّابَّةَ وَالْبَعِيرَ رَهْناً بِ٠َالِهِ أَلَهُ أَنْ يَرْكَبَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلِفُهُ فَلَهُ أَنْ يَرْكَبَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ الَّذِي رَهَنَهُ عِنْدَهُ يَعْلِفُهُ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَرْكَبَهُ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘If he feeds them he can ride; but if the one who has left them as al-Rahn (security deposit) feeds them, then he cannot ride.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/282))