Chapter on Sales
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 11
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ حُمْرَانَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَدْخُلُ اَلسُّوقَ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَشْتَرِيَ جَارِيَةً فَتَقُولُ إِنِّي حُرَّةٌ قَالَ "اِشْتَرِهَا إِلاَّ أَنْ تَكُونَ لَهَا بَيِّنَةٌ".
Hamzah ibn Humran narrates: I said to Abu Abdullah عليه السلام: I enter the market intending to buy a bondwoman, but she claims that she is free. The Imam عليه السلام replied: "Buy her unless she has evidence (to prove her claim of freedom)."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh