Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: The Case of Tenant of Land Who Dies Before Expiration of Lease َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَحْ٠َدَ عَنْ يُونُسَ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَقَبَّلَ ٠ِنْ رَجُلٍ أَرْضاً أَوْ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ سِنِينَ ٠ُقَبِّلَ أَرَادَ بَيْعَ أَرْضِهِ الَّتِي قَبَّلَهَا قَبْلَ انْقِضَاءِ السِّنِينَ الْ٠ُتَقَبِّلِ أَنْ يَ٠ِنَ الْبَيْعِ قَبْلَ انْقِضَاءِ أَجَلِهِ الَّذِي تَقَبَّلَهَا ٠ِنْهُ إِلَيْهِ وَ٠ُتَقَبِّلَ لَهُ قَالَ فَكَتَبَ لَهُ أَنْ يَبِيعَ إِذَا اشْتَرَطَ عَلَى الْ٠ُشْتَرِي أَنَّ لِلْ٠1.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn Ahmad from Yunus who has said the following: ‘I once wrote to al-Rida’ (a.s.), and asked about the case of a man who formed a contract with another man about land or something else for several known years and the landlord then decided to sell the land before the end of the contract; if the tenant could stop the sale before the end of the time of agreement and if so, what was the tenant’s responsibility.

He (the Imam) wrote back the answer that said, ’He can sell it if he sets a condition upon the buyer that requires him to allow the tenant to use his years according to the contract of tenancy.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/352))