Al-Kāfi

32- أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ جَمِيعاً عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَشْتَرِي مِنَ الرَّجُلِ الدَّرَاهِمَ بِالدَّنَانِيرِ فَيَزِنُهَا وَيَنْقُدُهَا وَيَحْسُبُ ثَمَنَهَا كَمْ هُوَ دِينَاراً ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَرْسِلْ غُلامَكَ مَعِي حَتَّى أُعْطِيَهُ الدَّنَانِيرَ فَقَالَ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ يُفَارِقَهُ حَتَّى يَأْخُذَ الدَّنَانِيرَ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّمَا هُوَ فِي دَارٍ وَحْدَهُ وَأَمْكِنَتُهُمْ قَرِيبَةٌ بَعْضُهَا مِنْ بَعْضٍ وَهَذَا يَشُقُّ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ وَزْنِهَا وَإِنْقَادِهَا فَلْيَأْمُرِ الْغُلامَ الَّذِي يُرْسِلُهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ هُوَ الَّذِي يُبَايِعُهُ وَيَدْفَعُ إِلَيْهِ الْوَرِقَ وَيَقْبِضُ مِنْهُ الدَّنَانِيرَ حَيْثُ يَدْفَعُ إِلَيْهِ الْوَرِقَ.

32. Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn ‘Isma’il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from all from Safwan ibn Yahya from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj who has said the following: “I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about the case of a man who bought dirhams in exchange for dinars; then weighed them, cashed them and counted their prices to find the amount of dinar, then said to him to send his slave so he gave him dinars. He (the Imam) said, ‘I do not like his separation before taking dinars.’ I then said, ‘It is only in the same house and their places are close to each other and this becomes difficult for them.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘When he completes weighing and cashing he must instruct the slave that he wants to send, to become the seller and give the wariq (dirham) to him and receive dinars from him as he delivers to him the wariq (dirham).”’

33- حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ بَيْعِ الذَّهَبِ بِالدَّرَاهِمِ فَيَقُولُ أَرْسِلْ رَسُولا فَيَسْتَوْفِيَ لَكَ ثَمَنَهُ فَيَقُولُ هَاتِ وَهَلُمَّ وَيَكُونُ رَسُولُكَ مَعَهُ.

33. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from al-Hassan ibn Muhammad from more than one person from Aban ibn ‘Uthman from ‘Abd al- Rahman ibn abu ‘Abd Allah who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about selling gold in exchange for dirham. He (the Imam) said, ‘Send a messenger to receive the price saying, ‘Give that and take this.’”

1- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) أَنَّ لِي عَلَى رَجُلٍ ثَلاثَةَ آلافِ دِرْهَمٍ وَكَانَتْ تِلْكَ الدَّرَاهِمُ تَنْفُقُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ تِلْكَ الأيَّامَ وَلَيْسَتْ تَنْفُقُ الْيَوْمَ فَلِي عَلَيْهِ تِلْكَ الدَّرَاهِمُ بِأَعْيَانِهَا أَوْ مَا يَنْفُقُ الْيَوْمَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ قَالَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ لَكَ أَنْ تَأْخُذَ مِنْهُ مَا يَنْفُقُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ كَمَا أَعْطَيْتَهُ مَا يَنْفُقُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ.

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Yunus who has said the following: “I once wrote to al-Rida’ (a.s.), and asked, ’A man owes to me three thousand dirham which were in circulation at that time among people, but today they are not in circulation among people; if he still owes me the very substance of those dirham or what is currently in circulation today. He (the Imam) wrote to me, ‘You have the right to be paid what is current in circulation today as you had given him what was current in circulation among people in those days.’”

1- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فِي إِنْفَاقِ الدَّرَاهِمِ الْمَحْمُولِ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ الْغَالِبُ عَلَيْهَا الْفِضَّةَ فَلا بَأْسَ.

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad ibn ‘Uthman from ‘Umar Yazid who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about spending dirhams with impurities. He (the Imam) said, ‘If the amount of silver is overwhelming in it, it is not unlawful. 5 ”

2- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ قَالَ لا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) الرَّجُلُ يَعْمَلُ الدَّرَاهِمَ يَحْمِلُ عَلَيْهَا النُّحَاسَ أَوْ غَيْرَهُ ثُمَّ يَبِيعُهَا فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ ذَلِكَ فَلا بَأْسَ.

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ibn Ri’ab who has that I know this Hadith through Muhammad ibn Muslim only who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who worked with dirhams that had copper in them or such other things and he then sold them. He (the Imam) said, ‘If that is what is among people then it is not harmful.’”

3- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ جَمِيلٍ عَنْ حَرِيزِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ سِجِسْتَانَ فَسَأَلُوهُ عَنِ الدَّرَاهِمِ الْمَحْمُولِ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ لا بَأْسَ إِذَا كَانَ جَوَازاً لِمِصْرٍ.

3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from those who narrated to him from Jamil from Hariz ibn ‘Abd Allah who has said the following: “I once was with abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), when a people from Sajistan came to him (the Imam) and asked about dirham with impurities. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not harmful if they currently are in circulation in a city.’”

4- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) عَنِ الدَّرَاهِمِ الْمَحْمُولِ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ إِذَا أَنْفَقْتَ مَا يَجُوزُ بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الْبَلَدِ فَلا بَأْسَ وَإِنْ أَنْفَقْتَ مَا لا يَجُوزُ بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الْبَلَدِ فَلا.

4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Barqiy from al-Fadl ibn al-‘Abbas who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about dirhams with impurities. He (the Imam) said, ‘If you spend what is permissible to spend among people in a city, it is not unlawful; but if you spend what is not lawful to spend among the people of a land, then it is not permissible.’”

1- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَسْتَقْرِضُ الدَّرَاهِمَ الْبِيضَ عَدَداً ثُمَّ يُعْطِي سُوداً وَقَدْ عَرَفَ أَنَّهَا أَثْقَلُ مِمَّا أَخَذَ وَتَطِيبُ نَفْسُهُ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ لَهُ فَضْلَهَا فَقَالَ لا بَأْسَ بِهِ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ شَرْطٌ وَلَوْ وَهَبَهَا لَهُ كُلَّهَا صَلَحَ.

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabiy who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who took a loan of white dirham by numbers, then gave black ones, knowing that they are heavier than what he had taken and he was pleased to make the extra for him. He (the Imam) said, it is not unlawful if there is no stipulation or if he gives it as a gift; all is valid.”’

2- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَأَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَقْرَضَ رَجُلا دَرَاهِمَ فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ أَجْوَدَ مِنْهَا بِطِيبَةِ نَفْسِهِ وَقَدْ عَلِمَ الْمُسْتَقْرِضُ وَالْقَارِضُ أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا أَقْرَضَهُ لِيُعْطِيَهُ أَجْوَدَ مِنْهَا قَالَ لا بَأْسَ إِذَا طَابَتْ نَفْسُ الْمُسْتَقْرِضِ.

2. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad all from ibn Mahbub from Khalid ibn Jarir from abu al-Rabi‘ who has said the following: “Once abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about the case of a man who gave a loan to another man who paid it back with better dirhams without compulsion, and the creditor knew it as well as the debtor that the loan was given to receive payment with the better dirhams. He (the Imam) said, it is not unlawful.’”

3- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِذَا أَقْرَضْتَ الدَّرَاهِمَ ثُمَّ أَتَاكَ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْهَا فَلا بَأْسَ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَكُمَا شَرْطٌ.

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabiy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If you give dirhams as a loan, then the party pays you back with better ones, it is not unlawful, if there is no stipulation between you.’”