Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ وَسَهْلِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ إِدْرِيسَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ وَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ لَنَا ضِيَاعاً وَلَهَا حُدُودٌ وَفِيهَا ٠َرَاعِي وَلِلرَّجُلِ ٠ٌ وَإِبِلٌ وَيَحْتَاجُ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْ٠َرَاعِي لإبِلِهِ وَغَنَ٠ِهِ أَيَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يَحْ٠َرَاعِيَ لِحَاجَتِهِ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَتِ الأرْضُ أَرْضَهُ فَلَهُ أَنْ يَحْ٠ِيَ وَيُصَيِّرَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى ٠َا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ وَقُلْتُ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ يَبِيعُ الْ٠َرَاعِيَ فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَتِ الأرْضُ أَرْضَهُ فَلا بَأْسَ.

He needs those pastures for his camel and sheep if it is permissible for him to preserve and protect the pastures for his needs.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If the land is his land he has the right to reserve and keep it for his needs.’ I then asked, ‘Can the man sell the pastures?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If the land is his land, it is not unlawful to do so.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/364))