Chapter on Sales
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 11
وَ رَوَى اِبْنُ مُسْكَانَ عَنِ اَلْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ قَوْمٍ اِشْتَرَوْا بَزّاً فَاشْتَرَكُوا فِيهِ جَمِيعاً وَ لَمْ يَقْتَسِمُوهُ أَ يَصْلُحُ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ بَيْعَ بَزِّهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْبِضَهُ قَالَ "لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ" وَ قَالَ "إِنَّ هَذَا لَيْسَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ اَلطَّعَامِ لِأَنَّ اَلطَّعَامَ يُكَالُ".
Ibn Muskan narrated from Al-Halabi who said: I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about a group of people who bought cloth and jointly owned it without dividing it among themselves. Is it permissible for any one of them to sell his share of the cloth before taking possession of it? The Imam عليه السلام said: "There is no harm in that." Then Imam عليه السلام added: "This is not like food because food is measured by volume."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 225