أَتَيْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) بِجَارِيَةٍ أَعْرِضُهَا فَجَعَلَ يُسَاوِمُنِي وَ أُسَاوِمُهُ ثُمَّ بِعْتُهَا إِيَّاهُ فَضَمَّ عَلَى يَدِي قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّمَا سَاوَمْتُكَ لِأَنْظُرَ الْمُسَاوَمَةُ تَنْبَغِي أَوْ لَا تَنْبَغِي وَ قُلْتُ قَدْ حَطَطْتُ عَنْكَ عَشَرَةَ دَنَانِيرَ فَقَالَ هَيْهَاتَ أَلَّا كَانَ هَذَا قَبْلَ الضَّمَّةِ أَ مَا بَلَغَكَ قَوْلُ النَّبِيِّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) الْوَضِيعَةُ بَعْدَ الضَّمَّةِ حَرَامٌ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from one of our companions, from Muawiya Bin Ammar, from Zayd Al Shahaam who said, ‘A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from one of our companions, from Muawiya Bin Ammar, from Zayd Al Shahaam who said, ‘I went over to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> with a slave girl. I presented her, so he<sup>asws</sup> went on to bargain with me and I bargained with him<sup>asws</sup>. Then I sold her to him<sup>asws</sup>. So he<sup>asws</sup> joined his<sup>asws</sup> hand upon mine (as a gesture of conclusion of the deal). I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! But rather, I bargained with you<sup>asws</sup> in order to see whether the bargaining befits me or does not befit me’. And I said, ‘I have dropped (the price) from you<sup>asws</sup> by ten Dinars’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Far be it! Indeed, this is before the clasping of the arms. Have the words of Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> not reached you: ‘The reduction after the clasping of the arms (conclusion of the deal) is Prohibited?’
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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