قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَا تَقُولُ فِي رَجُلٍ اكْتَرَى دَابَّةً إِلَى مَكَانٍ مَعْلُومٍ فَجَاوَزَهُ قَالَ يُحْسَبُ لَهُ الْأَجْرُ بِقَدْرِ مَا جَاوَزَ وَ إِنْ عَطِبَ الْحِمَارُ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ.
“This is concerning my question before abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who hires a stumper to a certain place but he goes beyond such place. He (the Imam) said, ’He must pay for the extra distance; and if the donkey is destroyed, he is held responsible.’”
سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَكْتَرِي الدَّابَّةَ فَيَقُولُ اكْتَرَيْتُهَا مِنْكَ إِلَى مَكَانِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا فَإِنْ جَاوَزْتُهُ فَلَكَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا زِيَادَةً وَ يُسَمِّي ذَلِكَ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ كُلِّهِ.
‘I rent it from you to so and so place; if I went beyond such place you will be paid so and so much extra which he mentions.’ He (the Imam) said, ’All of it is permissible.’”
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنِ الرَّجُلِ تَكَارَى دَابَّةً إِلَى مَكَانٍ مَعْلُومٍ فَنَفَقَتِ الدَّابَّةُ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ جَازَ الشَّرْطَ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ وَ إِنْ دَخَلَ وَادِياً لَمْ يُوثِقْهَا فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ وَ إِنْ سَقَطَتْ فِي بِئْرٍ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَسْتَوْثِقْ مِنْهَا.
“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who rents a stumper to a certain place but it dies. He (the Imam) said, ‘If he has violated the stipulation he is responsible, if he enters a valley where he is not confident for its safety, he then is responsible, if it falls in a we
سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ كُنْتُ جَالِساً عِنْدَ قَاضٍ مِنْ قُضَاةِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلَانِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا إِنِّي تَكَارَيْتُ هَذَا يُوَافِي بِيَ السُّوقَ يَوْمَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا وَ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ لَهُ كِرَاءٌ قَالَ فَدَعَوْتُهُ وَ قُلْتُ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ لَيْسَ لَكَ أَنْ تَذْهَبَ بِحَقِّهِ وَ قُلْتُ لِلْآخَرِ لَيْسَ لَكَ أَنْ تَأْخُذَ كُلَّ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ اصْطَلِحَا فَتَرَادَّا
“I once heard abu Ja’far (a.s.), saying, ‘I was sitting near the judge in al-Madinah when two men came to him. One of them said, ‘I hired this person to appear in the market on such and such day but he did not appear.’ The judge said, ’He does not deserve payment.’ He (the Imam) has said, ’I then called him and said, “
كُنْتُ قَاعِداً عِنْدَ قَاضٍ مِنَ الْقُضَاةِ وَ عِنْدَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع جَالِسٌ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلَانِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا إِنِّي تَكَارَيْتُ إِبِلَ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ لِيَحْمِلَ لِي مَتَاعاً إِلَى بَعْضِ الْمَعَادِنِ فَاشْتَرَطْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُدْخِلَنِي الْمَعْدِنَ يَوْمَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا لِأَنَّهَا سُوقٌ أَتَخَوَّفُ أَنْ يَفُوتَنِي فَإِنِ احْتُبِسْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ حَطَطْتُ مِنَ الْكِرَاءِ لِكُلِّ يَوْمٍ أُحْتَبَسُهُ كَذ
“I once was sitting with the judge and abu Ja’far (a.s.), was also there, when two men came to him and one of them said, ‘I rented a camel from this man to carry my goods to the mine and I stipulated with him to come to me to the mine on so and so day because that was the market day and I was afraid of missing it. If y
اكْتَرَيْتُ بَغْلًا إِلَى قَصْرِ ابْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ ذَاهِباً وَ جَائِياً بِكَذَا وَ كَذَا وَ خَرَجْتُ فِي طَلَبِ غَرِيمٍ لِي فَلَمَّا صِرْتُ قُرْبَ قَنْطَرَةِ الْكُوفَةِ خُبِّرْتُ أَنَّ صَاحِبِي تَوَجَّهَ إِلَى النِّيلِ فَتَوَجَّهْتُ نَحْوَ النِّيلِ فَلَمَّا أَتَيْتُ النِّيلَ خُبِّرْتُ أَنَّ صَاحِبِي تَوَجَّهَ إِلَى بَغْدَادَ فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ وَ ظَفِرْتُ بِهِ وَ فَرَغْتُ مِمَّا بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُ وَ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْك
6. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from abu Wallad al-Hannat who has said the following: “I once rented a mule to Qasr ibn Hubayrah for both ways for so and so much amount. I left in search of my debtor and when I reached near the bridge of al-Kufah, I was informed that my d
سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ اسْتَأْجَرَ دَابَّةً فَأَعْطَاهَا غَيْرَهُ فَنَفَقَتْ مَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ شَرَطَ أَنْ لَا يَرْكَبَهَا غَيْرُهُ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ لَهَا وَ إِنْ لَمْ يُسَمِّ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ.
“This is concerning my question before abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about the case of a man who rents a stumper but he gives it to another one and it dies. He (the Imam) said, ‘If he had stipulated that no one else except him ride it, then he is responsible; if such thing is not mentioned then he is not responsible.’”