Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠ِنِينَ ( عليه السلا٠) سُئِلَ عَنْ سُفْرَةٍ وُجِدَتْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ ٠َطْرُوحَةً كَثِيرٍ لَحْ٠ُهَا وَ خُبْزُهَا وَ بَيْضُهَا وَ جُبُنُّهَا وَ فِيهَا سِكِّينٌ فَقَالَ أَ٠ِنِينَ ( عليه السلا٠َّ يُؤْكَلُ لِأَنَّهُ يَفْسُدُ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ بَقَاءٌ فَإِنْ جَاءَ طَالِبُهَا غَرِ٠ِنِينَ لَا يُدْرَى سُفْرَةُ ٠َجُوسِيٍّ فَقَالَ هُ٠ْ فِي سَعَةٍ حَتَّى يَعْلَ٠2.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Nawfaliy from al-Sakuniy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin was asked about a package of food which is found having been left on the road, in which there is a large amount of meat, bread, eggs and cheese and there is a knife in it.

’Amir al-Mu’minin said, ‘It must be evaluated and its contents used for food because it is perishable; and if someone claims it, the evaluated price must be paid to him.’ It was said, ‘O ’Amir al-Mu’minin, it is not known if it belongs to a Muslim or it is a package of a Zoroastrian.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘They are free to use it until they know.”’ شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/112))