Chapter on Reconciliation
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 16
وَ رَوَى اَلْعَلاَءُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: فِي رَجُلَيْنِ كَانَ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا طَعَامٌ عِنْدَ صَاحِبِهِ وَ لاَ يَدْرِي كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا كَمْ لَهُ عِنْدَ صَاحِبِهِ فَقَالَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ لَكَ مَا عِنْدَكَ وَ لِي مَا عِنْدِي فَقَالَ "لاَ بَأْسَ بِذَلِكَ إِذَا تَرَاضَيَا وَ طَابَتْ أَنْفُسُهُمَا".
Al-Ala' narrated from Muhammad ibn Muslim, who reported from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام regarding two men, each of whom had some food stored with the other, but neither knew exactly how much he had with his companion. They said to each other, "You keep what is with you, and I will keep what is with me." Imam عليه السلام said: "There is no harm in that if they both agree and are content with the arrangement."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 185