Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَهْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ ٠َنِ اسْتَعَارَ عَبْداً ٠ٍ فَعِيبَ فَهُوَ ضَا٠َنِ اسْتَعَارَ حُرّاً صَغِيراً فَعِيبَ فَهُوَ ضَا٠2.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from his father from Wahab who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin has said, ‘If one uses the services of the slave of a people and causes damage to him, he is responsible.

If one uses the works of a small free person and causes damage to that person, he is responsible.”’ ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/413))