Advance Payment in the Transaction of Goods

Al-Kāfi|Volume 5|Book 2|Chapter 86
Al-Kāfi

Volume 5, Book 2, Chapter 86

Advance Payment in the Transaction of Goods

3 hadiths
1- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ لا بَأْسَ بِالسَّلَمِ فِي الْمَتَاعِ إِذَا وَصَفْتَ الطُّولَ وَالْعَرْضَ.
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘ Umayr from Jamil ibn Darraj who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said, ‘Advance payment to receive goods at an appointed time in the future is lawful if the length and width are fully described.”’
  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi
    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/218)
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 335
2- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ السَّلَمَ وَهُوَ السَّلَفُ فِي الْحَرِيرِ وَالْمَتَاعِ الَّذِي يُصْنَعُ فِي الْبَلَدِ الَّذِي أَنْتَ فِيهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ إِذَا كَانَ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ.
2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Sama‘ah who has said the following: “I once asked him (the Imam) عليه السلام, about advance payment to receive goods on a date in future which is payment in advance for silk or goods made in the location where you live. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, it is lawful if the time is known.’”
  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi
    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/219)
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 335
3- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مَرَّارٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ لا بَأْسَ بِالسَّلَمِ فِي الْمَتَاعِ إِذَا سَمَّيْتَ الطُّولَ وَالْعَرْضَ.
3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ‘Isma’il ibn Marrar from Yunus from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said, ‘Advance payment to receive goods in future is lawful if the length and width is made known.’”
  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi
    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/219)
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 335