فِي رَجُلَيْنِ مَمْلُوكَيْنِ مُفَوَّضٍ إِلَيْهِمَا يَشْتَرِيَانِ وَ يَبِيعَانِ بِأَمْوَالِهِمَا فَكَانَ بَيْنَهُمَا كَلَامٌ فَخَرَجَ هَذَا يَعْدُو إِلَى مَوْلَى هَذَا وَ هَذَا إِلَى مَوْلَى هَذَا وَ هُمَا فِي الْقُوَّةِ سَوَاءٌ فَاشْتَرَى هَذَا مِنْ مَوْلَى هَذَا الْعَبْدِ وَ ذَهَبَ هَذَا فَاشْتَرَى مِنْ مَوْلَى هَذَا الْعَبْدِ الْآخَرَ وَ انْصَرَفَا إِلَى مَكَانِهِمَا وَ تَشَبَّثَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بِصَاحِبِهِ وَ قَالَ لَهُ أَنْتَ عَبْدِي قَدِ اشْتَرَيْتُكَ مِنْ سَيِّدِكَ قَالَ يُحْكَمُ بَيْنَهُمَا مِنْ حَيْثُ افْتَرَقَا يُذْرَعُ الطَّرِيقُ فَأَيُّهُمَا كَانَ أَقْرَبَ فَهُوَ الَّذِي سَبَقَ الَّذِي هُوَ أَبْعَدُ وَ إِنْ كَانَا سَوَاءً فَهُوَ رَدٌّ عَلَى مَوَالِيهِمَا جَاءَا سَوَاءً وَ افْتَرَقَا سَوَاءً إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ أَحَدُهُمَا سَبَقَ صَاحِبَهُ فَالسَّابِقُ هُوَ لَهُ إِنْ شَاءَ بَاعَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ أَمْسَكَ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يُضِرَّ بِهِ . وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى إِذَا كَانَتِ الْمَسَافَةُ سَوَاءً يُقْرَعُ بَيْنَهُمَا فَأَيُّهُمَا وَقَعَتِ الْقُرْعَةُ بِهِ كَانَ عَبْدَهُ .
Translation
Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Ali, from Ahmad Bin A’iz, from Abu Salama, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said regarding two men who were owned slaves, the buying and selling having been authorised by their two masters, so there was a (heated) discussion between the two. So this one went out running to the master of that one, and that one ran to the the master of this one, and they were both equal in strength. So this one bought that slave from his master, and that one went and bought this other slave from his master, and they both left to go to their place, and each one of the two clung to his companions and said to him, ‘You are my slave, as I have bought you from your master’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The judgement between the two is from where they separated, a measurement of the street. So whichever of the two was closer so he is the one who preceded the one who was further; and if both were equidistant, so they would both be returned to their relevant masters, having come equally and being equidistant, except if one of the two happens to have preceded his companions, so the first one, it would be for him, if he so desires to he sells, and if he so desires to he keeps, and it is not for him that he harms him by it’. And in another report, ‘(He<sup>asws</sup> said): ‘When the route was the same (in distance), a lot would be drawn between the two, so whichever of the two the lot falls with, would be his slave’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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