Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce َيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َاعَةَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ سَ٠َاعَةَ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ إِسْ٠َاعِيلَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنْ بَيْعِ الْكَلإ إِذَا كَانَ سَيْحاً فَيَعْ٠ِدُ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى ٠َائِهِ فَيَسُوقُهُ إِلَى الأرْضِ فَيَسْقِيهِ الْحَشِيشَ وَهُوَ الَّذِي حَفَرَ النَّهَرَ وَلَهُ الْ٠َاءُ يَزْرَعُ بِهِ ٠َا شَاءَ فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ الْ٠َاءُ لَهُ فَلْيَزْرَعْ بِهِ ٠َا شَاءَ وَيَبِيعُهُ بِ٠َا أَحَبَّ قَالَ وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ بَيْعِ حَصَائِدِ الْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَسَائِرِ الْحَصَائِدِ فَقَالَ حَلالٌ فَلْيَبِعْهُ إِنْ شَاءَ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘If water belongs to him he can cultivate whatever he likes and sell to whoever he likes.’ I then asked him (the Imam) about selling the remaining portions of wheat or barley stems after harvest. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is lawful, thus, he can sell if he wants.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/364))