عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ:
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سَأَلْتُ أَحَدَهُمَا ع- عَنْ شِرَاءِ الْخِيَانَةِ وَ السَّرِقَةِ فَقَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدِ اخْتَلَطَ مَعَهُ غَيْرُهُ فَأَمَّا السَّرِقَةُ بِعَيْنِهَا فَلَا إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنْ مَتَاعِ السُّلْطَانِ فَلَا بَأْسَ بِذَلِكَ.
Read English translationHide English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn
1. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ahmad ibn Muhammad all from ibn Mahbub from abu Ayyub from abu Basir who has said the following: “I once asked one of the two Imam, (abu Ja’far or abu ‘Abd Allah), ‘Alayhim al-Salam, about buying goods from cheating and stealing. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, it is not lawful unless it is mixed with other goods. The very substance of stolen goods cannot be purchased unless it is of the properties of the sultan in which case it is not unlawful.’”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.
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