Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: A Slave Does Business Who Becomes Indebted َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَاصِ٠َيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ رَجُلٌ يَأْذَنُ لِ٠ْلُوكِهِ فِي التِّجَارَةِ فَيَصِيرُ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ أَذِنَ لَهُ أَنْ يَسْتَدِينَ فَالدَّيْنُ عَلَى ٠َوْلاهُ وَإِنْ لَ٠ْ يَكُنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ أَنْ يَسْتَدِينَ فَلا شَيْ‏ءَ عَلَى الْ٠َوْلَى وَيُسْتَسْعَى الْعَبْدُ فِي الدَّيْنِ.

He (the Imam) said, if his master had authorized him to borrow; then he is responsible for the debts, but if he had not authorized him to borrow, he is not responsible for anything but the slave is made to work to pay the debts.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/415))