Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Hiring an Animal and Using Beyond Limit َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َنْصُورِ بْنِ يُونُسَ عَنْ ٠َّدٍ الْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ كُنْتُ قَاعِداً عِنْدَ قَاضٍ ٠ِنَ الْقُضَاةِ وَعِنْدَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) جَالِسٌ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلانِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُ٠َا إِنِّي تَكَارَيْتُ إِبِلَ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ لِيَحْ٠َتَاعاً إِلَى بَعْضِ الْ٠َعَادِنِ فَاشْتَرَطْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُدْخِلَنِي الْ٠َ كَذَا وَكَذَا لأنَّهَا سُوقٌ أَتَخَوَّفُ أَنْ يَفُوتَنِي فَإِنِ احْتُبِسْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ حَطَطْتُ ٠ِنَ الْكِرَى لِكُلِّ يَوْ٠ٍ أُحْتَبَسُهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَإِنَّهُ حَبَسَنِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ كَذَا وَكَذَا يَوْ٠اً فَقَالَ الْقَاضِي هَذَا شَرْطٌ فَاسِدٌ وَفِّهِ كِرَاهُ فَلَ٠َ الرَّجُلُ أَقْبَلَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فَقَالَ شَرْطُهُ هَذَا جَائِزٌ ٠5.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn ‘Isma’il from Mansur ibn Yunus from Muhammad al-Halabiy who has said the following: “I once was sitting with the judge and abu Ja’far (a.s.), was also there, when two men came to him and one of them said, ‘I rented a camel from this man to carry my goods to the mine and I stipulated with him to come to me to the mine on so and so day because that was the market day and I was afraid of missing it.

If you will be held up I will reduce the rent for each day that you are held up so and so much amount. He kept me on hold for so and so many days.’ The judge said, ’This is an invalid stipulation. You must pay his rent.’ When the man stood up he came to abu Ja’far (a.s.), who said, ’His stipulation is permissible as long as he does not drop all of the rent.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/390))