سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يُزْرَعُ لَهُ الزَّعْفَرَانُ فَيَضْمَنُ لَهُ الْحَرَّاثُ عَلَى أَنْ يَدْفَعَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ مَنَا زَعْفَرَانٍ رَطْبٍ مَنًا وَ يُصَالِحُهُ عَلَى الْيَابِسِ وَ الْيَابِسُ إِذَا جُفِّفَ يَنْقُصُ ثَلَاثَةُ أَرْبَاعِهِ وَ يَبْقَى رُبُعُهُ وَ قَدْ جُرِّبَ قَالَ لَا يَصْلُحُ قُلْتُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ أَمِينٌ يُحْفَظُ بِهِ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ حِفْظَهُ لِأَنَّهُ يُعَالِجُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ لَا يُطَاقُ حِفْظُهُ قَالَ يُقَبِّلُهُ الْأَرْضَ أَوَّلًا عَلَى أَنَّ لَكَ فِي كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ مَنًا مَنًا .
Translation
Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Sahl, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Bukeyr, from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about a man who cultivates the Saffron for him, so he guarantees for him the farming upon a stipulation that he would hand over to him from every forty <span class="iTxt">Mann</span> (unit of weight) of Saffron, one <span class="iTxt">Mann</span> of fresh Saffron, and they reconcile upon the dried (Saffron); and the dried Saffron is such that when it dehydrates, it reduces by three-quarters and there remains a third of it, and it has been experienced as such. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It is not correct’. I said, ‘And if there was a trustworthy (overseer) upon it protecting it, not being able to protect it because it is worked on at night, and its protection is not endurable’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He would agree upon the land first that, ‘For you is one <span class="iTxt">Mann</span> in every forty <span class="iTxt">Manns</span>’.
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