كُنْتُ قَاعِداً عِنْدَ قَاضٍ مِنَ الْقُضَاةِ وَ عِنْدَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) جَالِسٌ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلَانِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا إِنِّي تَكَارَيْتُ إِبِلَ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ لِيَحْمِلَ لِي مَتَاعاً إِلَى بَعْضِ الْمَعَادِنِ فَاشْتَرَطْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُدْخِلَنِي الْمَعْدِنَ يَوْمَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا لِأَنَّهَا سُوقٌ أَتَخَوَّفُ أَنْ يَفُوتَنِي فَإِنِ احْتُبِسْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ حَطَطْتُ مِنَ الْكِرَى لِكُلِّ يَوْمٍ أُحْتَبَسُهُ كَذَا وَ كَذَا وَ إِنَّهُ حَبَسَنِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا يَوْماً فَقَالَ الْقَاضِي هَذَا شَرْطٌ فَاسِدٌ وَفِّهِ كِرَاهُ فَلَمَّا قَامَ الرَّجُلُ أَقْبَلَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ شَرْطُهُ هَذَا جَائِزٌ مَا لَمْ يَحُطَّ بِجَمِيعِ كِرَاهُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Mansour Bin Yunus, from Muhammad Al Halby who said, ‘I was seated in the presence of a judge from the judges and seated in his presence was Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>. So two me came over to him, and one of the two said, ‘I hire the camel of this man to carry some goods for me to one of the mines, and I stipulated upon him that he comes over to me into the mine on such and such a day because it was a market day, fearing that I would miss it. So if he were to withhold from that, I would reduce from the hire charge, for each days he withholds, by such and such, and he withheld mefrom that time for such and such days’. So the judge said, ‘This is an invalid stipulation. Fulfil his hire charges’. So when the man arose, Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> turned towards me, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘This stipulation of his is allowed for as long as he does not drop the entirety of his hire charges’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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