قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّا نُخَالِطُ أُنَاساً مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّوَادِ وَ غَيْرِهِمْ فَنَبِيعُهُمْ وَ نَرْبَحُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَشَرَةَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ وَ الْعَشَرَةَ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ وَ نُؤَخِّرُ ذَلِكَ فِيمَا بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَهُمْ السَّنَةَ وَ نَحْوَهَا وَ يَكْتُبُ لَنَا الرَّجُلُ عَلَى دَارِهِ أَوْ أَرْضِهِ بِذَلِكَ الْمَالِ الَّذِي فِيهِ الْفَضْلُ الَّذِي أَخَذَ مِنَّا شِرَاءً وَ قَدْ بَاعَ وَ قَبَضَ الثَّمَنَ مِنْهُ فَنَعِدُهُ إِنْ هُوَ جَاءَ بِالْمَالِ إِلَى وَقْتٍ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَهُ أَنْ نَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ الشِّرَاءَ فَإِنْ جَاءَ الْوَقْتُ وَ لَمْ يَأْتِنَا بِالدَّرَاهِمِ فَهُوَ لَنَا فَمَا تَرَى فِي ذَلِكَ الشِّرَاءِ قَالَ أَرَى أَنَّهُ لَكَ إِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ وَ إِنْ جَاءَ بِالْمَالِ لِلْوَقْتِ فَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Ali Bin Al Numan, from Saeed Bin Yasaar who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘We tend to mix with the people from Africa and other, so we sell to them and we profit upon them with say ten (per cent) and the twelve and the thirteen, and we delay that in what is between us them for the year and approximate to it, and the man (buyer) contract for us upon his house or his land (as security) with those goods wherein is the preference which was taken from us as a bought item, and we have sold and taken the price from him. So we await, if he comes with the wealth to a determined term between us and him, so we return the item (house or land) to him. But if the determined time comes and he does not come to us with the Dirhams, so it is for us. So what is your<sup>asws</sup> view regarding the security item?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> see that it is for you if he does not do it, and if he does come with the wealth in time, so return it to him’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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