Chapter on Advance Payment in Food, Animals, and Other Goods
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 17
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 2, Chapter 17
Chapter on Advance Payment in Food, Animals, and Other Goods
وَ رَوَى صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ اَلْعِيصِ بْنِ اَلْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَسْلَفَ رَجُلاً دَرَاهِمَ بِحِنْطَةٍ حَتَّى إِذَا حَضَرَ اَلْأَجَلُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ طَعَامٌ وَ وَجَدَ عِنْدَهُ دَوَابّاً [دَوَابَّ] وَ رَقِيقاً وَ مَتَاعاً أَ يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ مِنْ عُرُوضِهِ تِلْكَ بِطَعَامِهِ قَالَ "نَعَمْ يُسَمِّي كَذَا وَ كَذَا بِكَذَا وَ كَذَا صَاعاً".
Safwan bin Yahya narrated from Al-Ays bin Al-Qasim, who said: I asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام about a man who had advanced dirhams to another man for wheat. When the due date arrived, the debtor did not have any food but had animals, slaves, and goods. I asked: "Is it permissible for him to take these items in place of the wheat owed to him?" Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes, he may specify such and such items for such and such a measure."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 241