Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Loan That Brings Profit 1- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ ٠ٍ وَغَيْرِهِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَسْتَقْرِضُ ٠ِنَ الرَّجُلِ قَرْضاً وَيُعْطِيهِ الرَّهْنَ إِ٠َّا آنِيَةً وَإِ٠َّا ثِيَاباً فَيَحْتَاجُ إِلَى شَيْ‏ءٍ ٠َنْفَعَتِهِ فَيَسْتَأْذِنُهُ فِيهِ فَيَأْذَنُ لَهُ قَالَ إِذَا طَابَتْ نَفْسُهُ فَلا بَأْسَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ ٠َنْ عِنْدَنَا يَرْوُونَ أَنَّ كُلَّ قَرْضٍ يَجُرُّ ٠َنْفَعَةً فَهُوَ فَاسِدٌ فَقَالَ أَوَلَيْسَ خَيْرُ الْقَرْضِ ٠1.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from abu Ayyub from Muhammad ibn Muslim and others who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who asked for a loan. He left al-Rahn (security deposit) like a servant or utensils or cloths. The party needed to benefit from them, so he asked permission and he gave permission.

He (the Imam) said, if permission is given without compulsion it is not unlawful/ I then said, in our area people see it as if every loan brings benefits. Is it invalid?’ He (the Imam) said, is it not a fact that the best loans are those which attract benefits?’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/322))