Chapter on Reviving Barren Lands and Properties
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 13
وَ سَأَلَهُ سَمَاعَةُ: عَنْ رَجُلٍ زَارَعَ مُسْلِماً أَوْ مُعَاهَداً فَأَنْفَقَ فِيهِ نَفَقَةً ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُ فِي بَيْعِهِ أَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ "يَشْتَرِيهِ بِالْوَرِقِ فَإِنَّ أَصْلَهُ طَعَامٌ".
Sama'ah asked him about a man who entered into a farming partnership with a Muslim or a covenant holder (Mu'ahid) and spent on it, but then decided to sell it. Imam عليه السلام said: "He may sell it for silver coins, for its origin is food."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 235