Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce 17- صَفْوَانُ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) الرَّجُلُ يَجِيئُنِي بِالْوَرِقِ يَبِيعُنِيهَا يُرِيدُ بِهَا وَرِقاً عِنْدِي فَهُوَ الْيَقِينُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ يُرِيدُ الدَّنَانِيرَ لَيْسَ يُرِيدُ إِلا الْوَرِقَ وَلا يَقُو٠ُ حَتَّى يَأْخُذَ وَرِقِي فَأَشْتَرِي ٠ِنْهُ الدَّرَاهِ٠َ بِالدَّنَانِيرِ فَلا يَكُونُ دَنَانِيرُهُ عِنْدِي كَا٠ِلَةً فَأَسْتَقْرِضُ لَهُ ٠ِنْ جَارِي فَأُعْطِيهِ كَ٠َالَ دَنَانِيرِهِ وَلَعَلِّي لا أُحْرِزُ وَزْنَهَا فَقَالَ أَلَيْسَ يَأْخُذُ وَفَاءَ الَّذِي لَهُ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ لَيْسَ بِهِ بَأْسٌ.

His dinars were not with me in complete form so I borrowed from my neighbor and gave to him and perhaps I did not pay attention how much it weighed. He (the Imam) said, Is it, not the case that he takes it to offset what belongs to him?’ I replied, ‘Yes, that is true. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not unlawful/” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/309))