قَالَ لَا يُبَاعُ مَخْتُومَانِ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ بِمَخْتُومٍ مِنْ حِنْطَةٍ وَ لَا يُبَاعُ إِلَّا مِثْلًا بِمِثْلٍ وَ التَّمْرُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ وَ سُئِلَ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَشْتَرِي الْحِنْطَةَ فَلَا يَجِدُ عِنْدَ صَاحِبِهَا إِلَّا شَعِيراً أَ يَصْلُحُ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ اثْنَيْنِ بِوَاحِدٍ قَالَ لَا إِنَّمَا أَصْلُهُمَا وَاحِدٌ وَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ( عليه السلام ) يَعُدُّ الشَّعِيرَ بِالْحِنْطَةِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad Bin usman, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Do not sell two sealed container of barley with one sealed container of wheat, and do not buy except similar with similar; and the dates are similar to that’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And he<sup>asws</sup> was asked about the man who bought the wheat, so he could not find with his companions except for barley, is it correct for him that he takes two by one?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No. But rather, the origin of both of them is one, and Ali<sup>asws</sup> used to count the barley with the wheat (as equal)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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