الكافي- ط الاسلامية, volume 4, page 496

2. Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ibrahim (a.s.), about the case of a people for whom offering animals become very expensive, who are for al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous), in one company but not of the same family. They have come together; their way and camp is one, if they can slaughter one cow. He (the Imam) said, ‘I do not like it unless it is urgency.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

3. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Al-Hasan ibn Ali from man called Sawadah who has said the following: “Once we were in Mina’ and offering became very expensive. We saw abu ’Abdillah (a.s.), standing near a bunch of cattle, bargaining stringently. We stopped and looked. When he (AS) completed his task, he came to us and said, ‘I think you found my stringent bargaining strange.’ We replied, ‘Yes, it was so.’ He (AS) said, ‘One who suffers a loss is not praised and does not receive any reward. Can I help you in something?’ We said, ‘Yes, the offering animals have become very expensive for us. He (AS) said, ‘Come together and all of you buy one Jazur.’ We said, ‘Our budget is not sufficient. He (AS) then said, ‘All of you buy one cow and slaughter it.’ We said that our budget is not sufficient. He (AS) said, ‘All of you buy one sheep and slaughter it.’ We asked if it is sufficient for seven. He (AS) said, ‘Yes, it is sufficient [even] for seventy.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Umar ‘ibn ‘Udhaynah from Humran who has said the following: “One year badanah became very expensive in Mina’, so much so that one badanah sold for one hundred dinar. Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), was asked about it and he (the Imam) said to share it. I asked, ‘For how many people it is sufficient?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘The lighter the better.’ I asked, ‘For how many?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘For seventy.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.