سَأَلْتُ أَبَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ الرَّهْنُ فَلَا يَدْرِي لِمَنْ هُوَ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ لَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ يَبِيعَهُ حَتَّى يَجِيءَ صَاحِبُهُ قُلْتُ لَا يَدْرِي لِمَنْ هُوَ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ فِيهِ فَضْلٌ أَوْ نُقْصَانٌ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ فَضْلٌ أَوْ نُقْصَانٌ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ نُقْصَانٌ فَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ يَبِيعُهُ فَيُؤْجَرُ فِيمَا نَقَصَ مِنْ مَالِهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ فَضْلٌ فَهُوَ أَشَدُّهُمَا عَلَيْهِ يَبِيعُهُ وَ يُمْسِكُ فَضْلَهُ حَتَّى يَجِيءَ صَاحِبُهُ .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, from Is’haq Bin Ammar who said, ‘I asked Abu Ibrahim<sup>asws</sup> (7<sup>th</sup> Imam<sup>asws</sup>) about the man who happened to have the security deposit with him, so he did not know for whom it was, from the people’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> do not like it that he sells it until its owner comes over’. I said, ‘He does not know for whom it is, from the people’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Therein is excess or deficiency?’ I said, ‘Supposing if there was an excess or a deficiency in it?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘If there was a deficiency in it, so it is easier. He can sell it, and he compensate the deficiency from his own wealth. However, if there was an excess in it, so it is more difficult upon him. He can sell it, and he would have to keep its excess until its owner comes over’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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