سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ السَّلَفِ فِي اللَّحْمِ قَالَ لَا تَقْرَبَنَّهُ فَإِنَّهُ يُعْطِيكَ مَرَّةً السَّمِينَ وَ مَرَّةً التَّاوِيَ وَ مَرَّةً الْمَهْزُولَ اشْتَرِهِ مُعَايَنَةً يَداً بِيَدٍ قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ السَّلَفِ فِي رَوَايَا الْمَاءِ قَالَ لَا تَقْرَبْهَا فَإِنَّهُ يُعْطِيكَ مَرَّةً نَاقِصَةً وَ مَرَّةً كَامِلَةً وَ لَكِنْ اشْتَرِهِ مُعَايَنَةً وَ هُوَ أَسْلَمُ لَكَ وَ لَهُ .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from one of his companions, from Ahmad Bin Al Nazar, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about the payment left behind regarding the meat. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Do not near it for sometimes he would give you the fatty, and sometimes the almost spoilt, and sometimes the boney. Buy it after viewing, hand to hand’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about the payment left behind regarding the containers of water. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Do not go near it, for sometimes he would give you deficient, and sometimes complete, but buy it after viewing, and it is safter for you and for him’.
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