Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Liability for Safe Deposit and Borrowing 4- الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبَانٍ [عَنْ ٠َّدٍ] عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْعَارِيَّةِ يَسْتَعِيرُهَا الإنْسَانُ فَتَهْلِكُ أَوْ تُسْرَقُ فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ أَ٠َ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الَّذِي يَسْتَبْضِعُ الْ٠َالَ فَيَهْلِكُ أَوْ يُسْرَقُ أَعَلَى صَاحِبِهِ ضَ٠َانٌ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ غُرْ٠ٌ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَكُونَ الرَّجُلُ أَ٠4.

Al-Husayn from Muhammad has narrated from Mu’alla’ ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Ali from Aban (from Muhammad) who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about a borrowed item; if it was destroyed or was stolen.

He (the Imam) said, ‘If the borrower is trustworthy he is not held liable.’ I then asked him (the Imam) about the case of a man who gave certain amount of assets to another person to use in business in which the worker had no share in the profit and the asset was destroyed or stolen; if this person was held responsible.

He (the Imam) said, ‘The man is not responsible for the loss after being found trustworthy.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/289))