Al-Kafi · Hadith 12

The Book about people with Divine Authority · The Fay’, al-Anfal, al-Khums, its rules and the properties subject to al-Khums · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 130, Hadith 12

Original Arabic text

12ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ جُعِلْتُ لَكَ الْفِدَاءَ تُعَلِّمُنِي مَا الْفَائِدَةُ وَمَا حَدُّهَا رَأْيَكَ أَبْقَاكَ الله تَعَالَى أَنْ تَمُنَّ عَلَيَّ بِبَيَانِ ذَلِكَ لِكَيْلا أَكُونَ مُقِيماً عَلَى حَرَامٍ لا صَلاةَ لِي وَلا صَوْمَ فَكَتَبَ الْفَائِدَةُ مِمَّا يُفِيدُ إِلَيْكَ فِي تِجَارَةٍ مِنْ رِبْحِهَا وَحَرْثٍ بَعْدَ الْغَرَامِ أَوْ جَائِزَةٍ.

Published English translation

12. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa ibn Yazid who has said the following. “I wrote to the Imam (a.s.), may Allah take my soul in service for your cause, explain to me what is gain and profit? What is its limit? What is your opinion? May Allah grant you long life. I will be grateful for your explanation so I will not continue in unlawful activities with invalid prayer and fasting.” He wrote to me , “Gain and profit is the income from trade from its net profit or from farming after the deduction of expenses and prizes.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/273)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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