Al-Kafi 8534

Translation

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Ismail altogether, from Hanaan Bin Sadeyr who said, ‘There was a woman with us in Al-Hayy, and for her is a slave girl, a lamenter. So she came over to my father and said, ‘O uncle! You know that my livelihood is from Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic, then from this slave girl, the lamenter, and I would love it if you could ask Abu Abdullah^asws about that. So if it was Permissible (fine), or else I would sell her and eat from her price until such time as Allah^azwj Grants me with the relief (alternative source of income)’. So my father said to her, ‘I consider it a big thing that I should ask Abu Abdullah^asws about this question’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So when we proceded to him^asws, I informed him^asws with that, so Abu Abdullah^asws said: ‘Does she stipulate (a price beforehand)?’ I said, ‘By Allah^azwj! I do not know whether she stipulates or not’. So he^asws said: ‘Tell her not to stipulate, and she can accept whatever is given’.

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