Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Renting a House or Ship َّدِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ٠ُوسَى (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَتَكَارَى ٠ِنَ الرَّجُلِ الْبَيْتَ وَالسَّفِينَةَ سَنَةً أَوْ أَكْثَرَ أَوْ أَقَلَّ قَالَ كِرَاهُ لازِ٠ٌ إِلَى الْوَقْتِ الَّذِي تَكَارَاهُ إِلَيْهِ وَالْخِيَارُ فِي أَخْذِ الْكِرَى إِلَى رَبِّهَا إِنْ شَاءَ أَخَذَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Payment of rent up to the end of the term is incumbent, but accepting payment of rent or leaving it is up to the owner who may like to receive or leave it.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/394))