Chapter on Additions

Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Saffar, from Ayyub ibn Nuh, from Safwan ibn Yahya, who said: Abu Burdah ibn Raja’ narrated to me, saying: I (narrator) said to Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him: “What do you think regarding the purchase of land subject to land tax (kharaj)?” Imam عليه السلام said: "And who sells that? It is the land of the Muslims." He (narrator) said: “I said: ‘The one in whose hand it is sells it.’” Imam عليه السلام said: "And what will he do with the land tax (kharaj) of the Muslims?" Then Imam عليه السلام said: "There is no harm. He has bought his right from it, and the right of the Muslims is transferred upon him. Perhaps he will be stronger over it and more capable of fulfilling their land tax than him."