Al-Kafi 8737

Translation

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Abdul Rahman Bin Hammad, from Yunus Bin Yaqoub, from Sa’ad, from a man, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^asws having said: ‘When the things came to be for Yusuf^as Bin Yaqoub^as, he^as made the good to be in the houses (granaries) and ordered one of his representatives, so he^as was saying: ‘Sell for such and such’, and the price was fixed. So when he^as came to know that it had increased during that day, he^as dislike that he speak of the high prices upon his^as tongue, so he^as said to him: ‘Go and sell’, but did not name the price for him. So the representative did not go far, then returned to him^as. So he^asws said to him: ‘Go and sell’, and he^asws did not speak of the high price upon his^as tongue. So the representative went. So the first (buyer) came for the measurement. So when it reached less that what was the day before with the measurement, the buyer said, ‘But rather, I wanted with such and such’. So the representative came to that he had priced it high with the measurement. Then another one came other, so he said to him, ‘Measure out for me’. So he measure out. So when it reached less than that which he had measured out for the first one, the buyer said to him, ‘Sufficient for you! But rather, I wanted with such and such’. So the representative came to know that he had priced it high (by giving out less measure) with the measurement, to the extent that it (prices came down) to one with one’.

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