alkafi-8802Vol. 5, p. 184
لَا يَصْلُحُ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَبِيعَ بِصَاعٍ غَيْرِ صَاعِ الْمِصْرِ.
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘It is not proper to sell with a Sa‘ (a certain measuring device) which is not in use in the city (land).’”
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alkafi-8803Vol. 5, p. 184
لَا يَحِلُّ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَبِيعَ بِصَاعٍ سِوَى صَاعِ أَهْلِ الْمِصْرِ فَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَسْتَأْجِرُ الْجَمَّالَ فَيَكِيلُ لَهُ بِمُدِّ بَيْتِهِ لَعَلَّهُ يَكُونُ أَصْغَرَ مِنْ مُدِّ السُّوقِ وَ لَوْ قَالَ هَذَا أَصْغَرُ مِنْ مُدِّ السُّوقِ لَمْ يَأْخُذْ بِهِ وَ لَكِنَّهُ يَحْمِلُ ذَلِكَ وَ يَجْعَلُ فِي أَمَانَتِهِ[1] وَ قَالَ لَا يَصْلُحُ إِلَّا مُدٌّ وَاحِدٌ وَ الْأَمْنَاءُ بِهَذِهِ الْمَنْزِلَةِ.
‘It is not lawful for one to sell with a Sa‘ which is not in use in a city. A man may hire a camel man and measures with a device of his home which perhaps is smaller than the mud (a certain measurement) of the market- place. If he says it is smaller than the mud of the market he does not accept unless he guarantees an
alkafi-8804Vol. 5, p. 184
سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْمٍ يُصَغِّرُونَ الْقُفْزَانَ يَبِيعُونَ بِهَا قَالَ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَبْخَسُونَ النَّاسَ أَشْياءَهُمْ*.
“I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about a people who make al-Qufzan (measuring devices) small with which they sell. He (the Imam) said, ‘They are of the people who cause losses in their belongings.’”