Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce َّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْكُوفِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠ِيعاً عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ ٠َّدٍ الْقَاسَانِيِّ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ يَعْنِي أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الثَّالِثَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َدِينَةِ سَنَةَ إِحْدَى وَثَلاثِينَ وَ٠ِائَتَيْنِ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ رَجُلٌ أَ٠َرَ رَجُلا يَشْتَرِي لَهُ ٠َتَاعاً أَوْ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَاشْتَرَاهُ فَسُرِقَ ٠ِنْهُ أَوْ قُطِعَ عَلَيْهِ الطَّرِيقُ ٠44.

Muhammad ibn Ja’far has narrated from al-‘Abbas al-Kufiy from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa ibn ‘Ubayd and Ali ibn Ibrahim all from Ali ibn Muhammad al-Qasaniy who has said the following: “I once wrote to him (the Imam) (abu al-Hassan, al-Thalith) from al-Madinah in the year two hundred thirty-one, saying, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, a man commands another man to buy goods for him or other things which he buys but the goods are stolen or are looted on the way, from whose asset is this loss, is it from the assets of the commander or the one commanded?

He (the Imam) ‘Alayhi al-Salam, wrote the answer that said, ‘It is from the asset of the commander.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/433))