4026 - وَ سَأَلَهُ عَبْدُ اَلرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ اَلْحَجَّاجِ : عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَسْتَقْرِضُ مِنَ اَلرَّجُلِ اَلدِّرْهَمَ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ اَلْمِثْقَالَ أَوْ يَسْتَقْرِضُ اَلْمِثْقَالَ فَيَرُدُّ اَلدِّرْهَمَ قَالَ "إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ شَرَطَ فَلاَ بَأْسَ وَ ذَلِكَ هُوَ اَلْفَضْلُ إِنَّ أَبِي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ كَانَ يَسْتَقْرِضُ اَلدَّرَاهِمَ اَلْفُسُولَةَ فَيُدْخِلُ مِنْ غَلَّتِهِ اَلْجِيَادَ فَيَقُولُ "يَا بُنَيَّ رُدَّهَا عَلَى اَلَّذِي اِسْتَقْرَضْنَا مِنْهُ" فَأَقُولُ يَا أَبَتِ إِنَّ دَرَاهِمَهُ كَانَتْ فُسُولَةً وَ هَذِهِ أَجْوَدُ مِنْهَا فَيَقُولُ "يَا بُنَيَّ هَذَا هُوَ اَلْفَضْلُ فَأَعْطِهَا إِيَّاهُ" ".
Hadith.4026 - Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj asked him about a man who borrows a dirham and repays it with a mithqal (a weight of gold), or borrows a mithqal and repays it with a dirham. Imam (as) said: "If it was not stipulated as a condition, then there is no harm. This is considered a favor." Imam (as) further said: "My father (as) used to borrow inferior dirhams and then, from his earnings, would return better-quality ones. He (as) would say, 'O my son (as), return these to the one from whom we (as) borrowed.' I said: 'O my father (as), his dirhams were inferior, and these are of better quality.' Imam (as) replied: 'O my son (as), this is a favor, so give them to him.'"