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 رَجُلٍ جَمَّالٍ اُكْتُرِيَ مِنْهُ إِبِلٌ وَ بُعِثَ مَعَهُ بِزَيْتٍ إِلَى أَرْضٍ فَزَعَمَ أَنَّ بَعْضَ زِقَاقِ اَلزَّيْتِ اِنْخَرَقَ وَ أَهْرَاقَ اَلزَّيْتَ قَالَ "إِنَّهُ إِنْ شَاءَ أَخَذَ اَلزَّيْتَ" وَ قَالَ "اِنْخَرَقَ وَ لَكِنْ لاَ يُصَدَّقُ إِلاَّ بِبَيِّنَةٍ عَادِلَةٍ وَ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ تَكَارَى دَابَّةً فَأَخَذَتْهَا اَلذِّئْبَةُ فَشَقَّتْ عَيْنَهَا فَنَفَقَتْ فَهُوَ لَهَا ضَامِنٌ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ مُسْلِماً عَدْلاً".
It is narrated about a camel driver who was hired to transport oil to a certain land. He claimed that some of the oil skins were torn, causing the oil to spill. Imam عليه السلام said: "The owner may take the remaining oil if he wishes." Imam عليه السلام also said: "The camel driver's claim that the skins were torn is not accepted unless supported by trustworthy and just evidence." And Imam عليه السلام added: "Any man who rents an animal, and it is attacked by a wolf, which injures its eye and causes it to die, is liable for it unless he is a trustworthy and just person."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh