سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ لَهُ عَلَى الْآخَرِ مِائَةُ كُرِّ تَمْرٍ وَ لَهُ نَخْلٌ فَيَأْتِيهِ فَيَقُولُ أَعْطِنِي نَخْلَكَ هَذَا بِمَا عَلَيْكَ فَكَأَنَّهُ كَرِهَهُ قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ يَكُونُ بَيْنَهُمَا النَّخْلُ فَيَقُولُ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ إِمَّا أَنْ تَأْخُذَ هَذَا النَّخْلَ بِكَذَا وَ كَذَا كَيْلًا مُسَمًّى أَوْ تُعْطِيَنِي نِصْفَ هَذَا الْكَيْلِ إِمَّا زَادَ أَوْ نَقَصَ وَ إِمَّا أَنْ آخُذَهُ أَنَا بِذَلِكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Safwan, from Yaqoub Bin Shuayb who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the man who has a debt for him upon another man of one hundred Kurra (a unit of measurement) of dates, and for him are palm trees. So he goes over to him and is sayin, ‘Give me your this palm tree of yours for what is upon you (debt)’. So it was as if he<sup>asws</sup> disliked it’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about the two men who happened to have palm trees between the two of them, so one of the two said to his companion, ‘Either you take this palm tree with such and such a named measurement, or you give me half of this measurement, whether it is excess or deficient, or else I take it with that’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes, there is no problem with it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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