Chapter on the Liability of One Who Carried Something and Claimed Its Loss
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 16
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 2, Chapter 16
Chapter on the Liability of One Who Carried Something and Claimed Its Loss
رَوَى حَمَّادٌ عَنِ اَلْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي جَمَّالٍ يَحْمِلُ مَعَهُ اَلزَّيْتَ فَيَقُولُ قَدْ ذَهَبَ أَوْ أُهْرِقَ أَوْ قُطِعَ عَلَيْهِ اَلطَّرِيقُ "فَإِنْ جَاءَ عَلَيْهِ بِبَيِّنَةٍ عَادِلَةٍ أَنَّهُ قُطِعَ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ ذَهَبَ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ وَ إِلاَّ ضَمِنَ" وَ فِي رَجُلٍ حَمَلَ مَعَهُ رَجُلٌ فِي سَفِينَتِهِ طَعَاماً فَنَقَصَ قَالَ "هُوَ ضَامِنٌ" قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّهُ رُبَّمَا زَادَ قَالَ "تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ زَادَ فِيهِ شَيْئاً" قُلْتُ لاَ قَالَ "هُوَ لَكَ".
Hammad narrated from Al-Halabi, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, regarding a camel driver who carries oil and claims that it was lost, spilled, or taken by robbers. Imam عليه السلام said: "If he brings trustworthy evidence that it was stolen, lost, or taken, then he is not liable. Otherwise, he is responsible for compensating it." And regarding a man who transported food for another man in his boat, but the quantity decreased, Imam عليه السلام said: "He is liable." I said to him: "Sometimes the quantity increases." Imam عليه السلام said: "Do you know that he added anything to it?" I said: "No." Imam عليه السلام said: "Then it belongs to you."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh