قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) الرَّجُلُ يَجِيئُنِي يَطْلُبُ الْمَتَاعَ الْحَرِيرَ وَ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ فَيُقَاوِلُنِي وَ أُقَاوِلُهُ فِي الرِّبْحِ وَ الْأَجَلِ حَتَّى يَجْتَمِعَ عَلَيَّ شَيْءٌ ثُمَّ أَذْهَبُ فَأَشْتَرِي لَهُ الْحَرِيرَ وَ أَدْعُوهُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ وَجَدَ بَيْعاً هُوَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا عِنْدَكَ أَ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ إِلَيْهِ وَ يَدَعَكَ أَوْ وَجَدْتَ أَنْتَ ذَلِكَ أَ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَنْصَرِفَ عَنْهُ وَ تَدَعَهُ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Fazalat Bin Ayoub, from Muawiya Bin Ammar who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘The man comes over to me seeking the silken goods and there is nothing from it with me. So he speaks to me and I speak to him (oral contract) regarding the profit and the (specified) term, until there is consensus upon something. Then I go, so I buy the silk for him and I invite him to it’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘What is your view, if he were to find a sale which is more beloved to him that what is with you, would he have the leeway that he chages to it and leave you, or if you were to find that, would you have the leeway that you change from it and leave him?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘There is no problem’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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