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
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ قَالَ كَتَبَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى اَلْفَقِيهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي رَجُلٍ دَفَعَ ثَوْباً إِلَى اَلْقَصَّارِ لِيُقَصِّرَهُ فَدَفَعَهُ اَلْقَصَّارُ إِلَى قَصَّارٍ غَيْرِهِ لِيُقَصِّرَهُ فَضَاعَ اَلثَّوْبُ هَلْ يَجِبُ عَلَى اَلْقَصَّارِ أَنْ يَرُدَّ مَا دَفَعَهُ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ إِنْ كَانَ اَلْقَصَّارُ مَأْمُوناً فَوَقَّعَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "هُوَ ضَامِنٌ لَهُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ ثِقَةً مَأْمُوناً إِنْ شَاءَ اَللَّهُ".
It is narrated from Muhammad bin Ali bin Mahbub, who said: A man wrote to the 'Jurist' (Imam Hasan ibn Ali Al-Askari عليه السلام) asking about a case where a person gave a garment to a launderer to clean, and the launderer then handed it over to another launderer to clean, but the garment was lost. Should the first launderer be required to compensate for what he entrusted to another? Imam عليه السلام wrote in reply: "He is liable for it unless the second launderer is trustworthy and reliable, God willing."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh