Chapter on Khums
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 7
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنَ اَلْقَمَّاطِينَ فَقَالَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ تَقَعُ فِي أَيْدِينَا اَلْأَرْبَاحُ وَ اَلْأَمْوَالُ وَ تِجَارَاتٌ نَعْرِفُ أَنَّ حَقَّكَ فِيهَا ثَابِتٌ وَ إِنَّا عَنْ ذَلِكَ مُقَصِّرُونَ فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ «مَا أَنْصَفْنَاكُمْ إِنْ كَلَّفْنَاكُمْ ذَلِكَ اَلْيَوْمَ ».
It is narrated from Yunus ibn Ya’qub, who said: I was with Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام when a man from among the merchants entered and said: "May I be your ransom! We come across profits, wealth, and trade, and we know that your right in them is established, yet we fall short in fulfilling that." The Imam عليه السلام replied: "We would not be just to you if we demanded that of you today."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh