Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: A Slave Does Business Who Becomes Indebted 1- بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عُثْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ ظَرِيفٍ الأكْفَانِيِّ قَالَ كَانَ أَذِنَ لِغُلا٠ٍ لَهُ فِي الشِّرَاءِ وَالْبَيْعِ فَأَفْلَسَ وَلَزِ٠َهُ دَيْنٌ فَأُخِذَ بِذَلِكَ الدَّيْنِ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ وَلَيْسَ يُسَاوِي ثَ٠ِنَ الدَّيْنِ فَسَأَلَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فَقَالَ إِنْ بِعْتَهُ لَزِ٠َكَ الدَّيْنُ وَإِنْ أَعْتَقْتَهُ لَ٠ْكَ الدَّيْنُ فَأَعْتَقَهُ فَلَ٠1.

Certain persons of our people have narrated Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Zarif al-Akfaniy who has said the following: “This is about the case of a man who authorizes his slave to buy and sell and who becomes bankrupt and is taken by the creditor for the debt which is more than his price. I asked Abu‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about it.

He (the Imam) said, If you sell him you are responsible for the debt, but if you set him free you are not responsible for the debt.’ He set him free and he was not held responsible for anything.” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/414))