كُنَّا بِمَكَّةَ فَأَصَابَنَا غَلَاءٌ مِنَ الْأَضَاحِيِّ فَاشْتَرَيْنَا بِدِينَارٍ ثُمَّ بِدِينَارَيْنِ ثُمَّ لَمْ نَجِدْ بِقَلِيلٍ وَ لَا كَثِيرٍ فَرَقَّعَ هِشَامٌ الْمُكَارِي رُقْعَةً إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ أَخْبَرَهُ بِمَا اشْتَرَيْنَا ثُمَّ لَمْ نَجِدْ بِقَلِيلٍ وَ لَا كَثِيرٍ فَوَقَّعَ انْظُرُوا الثَّمَنَ الْأَوَّلَ وَ الثَّانِيَ وَ الثَّالِثَ ثُمَّ تَصَدَّقُوا بِمِثْلِ ثُلُثِهِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Umar who said, ‘We were in Makkah, and we were hit by high prices from the sacrificial animal. So we bought it with a Dinaar, then with two Dinars. Then we could not find any, neither for less nor for more. So Hisham Al-Makary wrote a note and sent it to Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> and informed him<sup>asws</sup> what we had bought, then we could neither find for less nor more’. So he<sup>asws</sup> signed: ‘Consider the first price, and the second, and the third, then give in charity with the likes of a third of it (Average of the three prices)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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