سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَشْتَرِي النَّخْلَ لِيَقْطَعَهُ لِلْجُذُوعِ فَيَغِيبُ الرَّجُلُ وَ يَدَعُ النَّخْلَ كَهَيْئَتِهِ لَمْ يُقْطَعْ فَيَقْدَمُ الرَّجُلُ وَ قَدْ حَمَلَ النَّخْلُ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحَمْلُ يَصْنَعُ بِهِ مَا شَاءَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ صَاحِبُ النَّخْلِ كَانَ يَسْقِيهِ وَ يَقُومُ عَلَيْهِ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Yazeed Bin Is’haq, from haroun Bin Hamza who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the man who bought the palm tree in order to cut it for its branches. But, the man was absent and left the palm tree like it used to be, not having cut it. So (when) the man came over, the palm tree had borne (dates). So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘For him is the fruit, he can do whatever he so desires to with it, except if the owner of the palm tree garden used to irrigate it and looked after it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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