Chapter on Pledging (Rahn)
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 35
وَ رَوَى صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ اَلرَّجُلُ يَرْتَهِنُ اَلْعَبْدَ فَيُصِيبُهُ عَوَرٌ أَوْ يَنْقُصُ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ شَيْءٌ عَلَى مَنْ يَكُونُ نُقْصَانُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ "عَلَى مَوْلاَهُ" قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ اَلنَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ إِنْ رَهَنْتَ اَلْعَبْدَ فَمَرِضَ أَوِ اِنْفَقَأَتْ عَيْنُهُ فَأَصَابَهُ نُقْصَانٌ فِي جَسَدِهِ يَنْقُصُ مِنْ مَالِ اَلرَّجُلِ بِقَدْرِ مَا يَنْقُصُ مِنَ اَلْعَبْدِ قَالَ "أَ رَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّ اَلْعَبْدَ قَتَلَ عَلَى مَنْ تَكُونُ جِنَايَتُهُ" قَالَ "جِنَايَتُهُ فِي عُنُقِهِ".
Safwan ibn Yahya narrated from Ishaq ibn Ammar, who said: I asked Abu Ibrahim (Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim عليه السلام) about a man who takes a slave as collateral (rahn), and the slave suffers an injury, such as losing an eye or any reduction in his physical condition. Who bears the loss for such a deficiency? Imam عليه السلام replied: "It is upon his master." I said: "The people say that if you give a slave as collateral and he falls ill, loses an eye, or suffers a physical defect, the man's wealth should decrease in proportion to the loss in the slave." Imam عليه السلام said: "What do you think, if the slave committed murder, who would bear the liability for his crime?" I replied: "His liability would remain upon him."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 251