سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَشْتَرِي الْجِرَابَ الْهَرَوِيَّ وَ الْقُوهِيَّ فَيَشْتَرِي الرَّجُلُ مِنْهُ عَشَرَةَ أَثْوَابٍ فَيَشْتَرِطُ عَلَيْهِ خِيَارَهُ كُلَّ ثَوْبٍ بِرِبْحِ خَمْسَةٍ أَوْ أَقَلَّ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ فَقَالَ مَا أُحِبُّ هَذَا الْبَيْعَ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ خِيَاراً غَيْرَ خَمْسَةِ أَثْوَابٍ وَ وَجَدَ الْبَقِيَّةَ سَوَاءً قَالَ لَهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُهُ إِنَّهُمْ قَدِ اشْتَرَطُوا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ مِنْهُمْ عَشَرَةً فَرَدَّدَ عَلَيْهِ مِرَاراً فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّمَا اشْتَرَطَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ خِيَارَهَا أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ إِلَّا خَمْسَةَ أَثْوَابٍ وَ وَجَدَ الْبَقِيَّةَ سَوَاءً وَ قَالَ مَا أُحِبُّ هَذَا وَ كَرِهَهُ لِمَوْضِعِ الْغَبْنِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ismail Bin Marrar, from Yunus, from Muawiya Bin Ammar who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the man who buys bags (of clothes) of Al-Heraat and Al-Quhy. So the man buys ten clothes from it and it is stipulated upon him the choice best of clothes with a profit of five or less, or more. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> do not like this sale. Consider that if he does not find a choice of other than five clothes, and he finds the rest to be the same’. Ismail, his<sup>asws</sup> son, said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘They had stipulated upon him that he would take ten from them’, and he repeated it to him<sup>asws</sup> repeatedly. So Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘But rather it was stipulated upon him that he would take the best of these. Consider if there do not happen to be except for five cothes and the remainder are found to be the same’. And he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘And I<sup>asws</sup> do not like this and dislike it due to the placement of the deception’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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