Buying Slaves, Finding Defects, Returnable and Non-Returnable
Al-Kāfi|Volume 5|Book 2|Chapter 95
12- الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ السَّيَّارِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى أَنَّهُ قَدِمَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ خَصْماً لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا بَاعَنِي هَذِهِ الْجَارِيَةَ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ عَلَى رَكَبِهَا حِينَ كَشَفْتُهَا شَعْراً وَزَعَمَتْ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا قَطُّ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى إِنَّ النَّاسَ لَيَحْتَالُونَ لِهَذَا بِالْحِيَلِ حَتَّى يَذْهَبُوا بِهِ فَمَا الَّذِي كَرِهْتَ قَالَ أَيُّهَا الْقَاضِي إِنْ كَانَ عَيْباً فَاقْضِ لِي بِهِ قَالَ حَتَّى أَخْرُجَ إِلَيْكَ فَإِنِّي أَجِدُ أَذًى فِي بَطْنِي ثُمَّ دَخَلَ وَخَرَجَ مِنْ بَابٍ آخَرَ فَأَتَى مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ مُسْلِمٍ الثَّقَفِيَّ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَيَّ شَيْءٍ تَرْوُونَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فِي الْمَرْأَةِ لا يَكُونُ عَلَى رَكَبِهَا شَعْرٌ أَيَكُونُ ذَلِكَ عَيْباً فَقَالَ لَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ أَمَّا هَذَا نَصّاً فَلا أَعْرِفُهُ وَلَكِنْ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ (عَلَيْهِم السَّلام) عَنِ النَّبِيِّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُلُّ مَا كَانَ فِي أَصْلِ الْخِلْقَةِ فَزَادَ أَوْ نَقَصَ فَهُوَ عَيْبٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى حَسْبُكَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى الْقَوْمِ فَقَضَى لَهُمْ بِالْعَيْبِ.
12- Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad reported from As-Sayyari who said: It was narrated from Ibn Abi Layla that a man came to him claiming a slave-girl was sold to him, but he didn't find any pubic hair on her when he uncovered her, and she claimed she never had any. Ibn Abi Layla said to him, "People often deceive using such tricks until they get away with it. What is it that you disliked?". The man said, "Oh Qadhi (judge), if it is a defect, then judge for me." Ibn Abi Layla said, "Wait until I come back to you, for I feel discomfort in my stomach." Then he entered and exited through another door, and went to Muhammad Ibn Muslim al-Thaqafi and asked him, "What do you narrate from Abu Ja'far (al-Baqir) عليه السلام about a woman not having any pubic hair? Is that a defect?". Muhammad Ibn Muslim al-Thaqafi said, “I do not know of any nass (text) about it, however, Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, would narrate from his ancestors that Rasulullah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said, 'Anything that deviates from the original creation, whether it increases or decreases, is a defect.'" Ibn Abi Layla said to him, "This will suffice from you", then he returned to the people and judged in their favor regarding the defect.
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/245)
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