Chapter on Hoarding and Pricing
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 18
وَ رَوَى اَلسَّكُونِيُّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "اَلْحُكْرَةُ فِي اَلْخِصْبِ أَرْبَعُونَ يَوْماً وَ فِي اَلشِّدَّةِ وَ اَلْبَلاَءِ ثَلاَثَةُ أَيَّامٍ فَمَا زَادَ عَلَى أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً فِي اَلْخِصْبِ فَصَاحِبُهُ مَلْعُونٌ وَ مَا زَادَ فِي اَلْعُسْرَةِ فَوْقَ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فَصَاحِبُهُ مَلْعُونٌ ".
Al-Sakooni narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said that Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, stated: "Hoarding during times of abundance is permitted for forty days, and during hardship and distress, for three days. Anything beyond forty days in times of abundance makes its owner accursed, and anything beyond three days in times of difficulty makes its owner accursed."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh