Chapter: Predestination, Divine Decree, Trials, Means of Sustenance Rates, and Restricted Powers 35 - ØدثÙا بذÙ٠أب٠رØ٠٠اÙÙÙØ ÙاÙ: ØدثÙا سعد ب٠عبد اÙÙÙØ Ø¹Ù ÙعÙÙب ب٠ÙزÙد ع٠صÙÙا٠ب٠ÙØÙÙØ Ø¹Ù Ø³ÙÙ Ø© اÙØÙØ§Ø·Ø Ø¹Ù Ø£Ø¨Ù Ø¹Ø¨Ø¯ اÙÙ٠عÙÙ٠اÙسÙا٠٠اÙÙاس Ùجائز Ù٠أ٠ÙÙت٠س بسÙعت٠اÙÙض٠ÙØ£Ù٠إذا Ùا٠Ù٠اÙ٠ا ÙغÙ٠إذا اشتر٠اÙÙاØد Ù 35.
My father (RA) said with it that Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah said, on the authority of Ya`qub ibn Yazid, on the authority of Safwan ibn Yahya, on the authority of Salmah al-Hannat, that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS) said: Whenever there is food in a town other than what one person has bought then it is permissible for him to hold on to the excess of commodity. If there is sufficient food available for people in the city, then the price will not rise merely because one person purchases the excess.
Verily, the price only rises if one person buys all the food that enters the city.