٧- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ وَصَفْوَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فِي الرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ مَالٌ لأيْتَامٍ فَيَدْفَعُهُ إِلَيْهِ فَيَأْخُذُ مِنْهُ دَرَاهِمَ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهَا وَلا يُعْلِمُ الَّذِي كَانَ عِنْدَهُ الْمَالُ لِلأيْتَامِ أَنَّهُ أَخَذَ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ شَيْئاً ثُمَّ تَيَسَّرَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَيُّ ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ أَيُعْطِيهِ الَّذِي كَانَ فِي يَدِهِ أَمْ يَدْفَعُهُ إِلَى الْيَتِيمِ وَقَدْ بَلَغَ وَهَلْ يُجْزِئُهُ أَنْ يَدْفَعَهُ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ عَلَى وَجْهِ الصِّلَةِ وَلا يُعْلِمُهُ أَنَّهُ أَخَذَ لَهُ مَالا فَقَالَ يُجْزِئُهُ أَيُّ ذَلِكَ فَعَلَ إِذَا أَوْصَلَهُ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ فَإِنَّ هَذَا مِنَ السَّرَائِرِ إِذَا كَانَ مِنْ نِيَّتِهِ إِنْ شَاءَ رَدَّهُ إِلَى الْيَتِيمِ إِنْ كَانَ قَدْ بَلَغَ عَلَى أَيِّ وَجْهٍ شَاءَ وَإِنْ لَمْ يُعْلِمْهُ أَنْ كَانَ قَبَضَ لَهُ شَيْئاً وَإِنْ شَاءَ رَدَّهُ إِلَى الَّذِي كَانَ فِي يَدِهِ وَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ صَاحِبُ الْمَالِ غَائِباً فَلْيَدْفَعْهُ إِلَى الَّذِي كَانَ الْمَالُ فِي يَدِهِ.
7. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father and Muhammad ibn ‘Isma’il has narrated from af-Fadf ibn Shadhan from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr and Safwan from ‘Abd al- Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj who has said the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan , about the case of a man in whose family someone has the assets of orphans and he gives a certain amount of dirham to him that he needs; and the person with whom there are the assets of orphans does not know if he has taken anything from their assets. He thereafter becomes affluent. Is it better for him to give it back to the one who had given him such assets or to the orphan who has reached maturity? Is it sufficient if he gives it to the one from whom he had received the amount in the form of gifts without informing him about his borrowing anything from him? He (the Imam) said, ’Either way is sufficient. To give it as gift to his friend is sufficient because it is of the secret matters, if he had the intention to return to the orphan who has become mature, and in whatever manners he returns even if he does not inform him about his borrowing or if he wants he can return to the one from whom he had received the amount.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If his friend is absent, he then must return it to the one from whom he had received the amount.’” 