١٥- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ زُرْعَةَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ كَانَ رَجُلٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَكَانَ لَهُ جَارِيَةٌ نَفِيسَةٌ فَوَقَعَتْ فِي قَلْبِ رَجُلٍ وَأُعْجِبَ بِهَا فَشَكَا ذَلِكَ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ تَعَرَّضْ لِرُؤْيَتِهَا وَكُلَّمَا رَأَيْتَهَا فَقُلْ أَسْأَلُ اللهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ فَفَعَلَ فَمَا لَبِثَ إِلا يَسِيراً حَتَّى عَرَضَ لِوَلِيِّهَا سَفَرٌ فَجَاءَ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ فَقَالَ يَا فُلانُ أَنْتَ جَارِي وَأَوْثَقُ النَّاسِ عِنْدِي وَقَدْ عَرَضَ لِي سَفَرٌ وَأَنَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أُودِعَكَ فُلانَةَ جَارِيَتِي تَكُونُ عِنْدَكَ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ لَيْسَ لِي امْرَأَةٌ وَلا مَعِي فِي مَنْزِلِي امْرَأَةٌ فَكَيْفَ تَكُونُ جَارِيَتُكَ عِنْدِي فَقَالَ أُقَوِّمُهَا عَلَيْكَ بِالثَّمَنِ وَتَضْمَنُهُ لِي تَكُونُ عِنْدَكَ فَإِذَا أَنَا قَدِمْتُ فَبِعْنِيهَا أَشْتَرِيهَا مِنْكَ وَإِنْ نِلْتَ مِنْهَا نِلْتَ مَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ فَفَعَلَ وَغَلَّظَ عَلَيْهِ فِي الثَّمَنِ وَخَرَجَ الرَّجُلُ فَمَكَثَتْ عِنْدَهُ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ حَتَّى قَضَى وَطَرَهُ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ قَدِمَ رَسُولٌ لِبَعْضِ خُلَفَاءِ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ يَشْتَرِي لَهُ جَوَارِيَ فَكَانَتْ هِيَ فِيمَنْ سُمِّيَ أَنْ يُشْتَرَى فَبَعَثَ الْوَالِي إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ جَارِيَةَ فُلانٍ قَالَ فُلانٌ غَائِبٌ فَقَهَرَهُ عَلَى بَيْعِهَا وَأَعْطَاهُ مِنَ الثَّمَنِ مَا كَانَ فِيهِ رِبْحٌ فَلَمَّا أُخِذَتِ الْجَارِيَةُ وَأُخْرِجَ بِهَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ قَدِمَ مَوْلاهَا فَأَوَّلُ شَيْ‏ءٍ سَأَلَهُ سَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ كَيْفَ هِيَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِخَبَرِهَا وَأَخْرَجَ إِلَيْهِ الْمَالَ كُلَّهُ الَّذِي قَوَّمَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَالَّذِي رَبِحَ فَقَالَ هَذَا ثَمَنُهَا فَخُذْهُ فَأَبَى الرَّجُلُ وَقَالَ لا آخُذُ إِلا مَا قَوَّمْتُ عَلَيْكَ وَمَا كَانَ مِنْ فَضْلٍ فَخُذْهُ لَكَ هَنِيئاً فَصَنَعَ اللهُ لَهُ بِحُسْنِ نِيَّتِهِ.
15. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Zur’ah ibn Muhammad who has said the following: “There was a man in al-Madinah and he had a very beautiful slave-girl who attracted a man who liked her and he complained before abu ‘ Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, who told him to avoid looking to her and on seeing her say, T ask Allah from His extra bounties.’ He followed the instruction. In a short time her master decided to leave for a journey and he came to the man and said, ‘O so and so, you are my neighbor and the most trustworthy of all people to me. I must leave for a journey and I like to leave so and so my slave-girl in your care.’ He replied, T do not have a wife and there is no woman in the house with me; then how can I keep your slave-girl with me?’ He said, T will find her price for you and you take responsibility of that assets (her price) for me and when I will come back, sell her to me and I will buy her from you. If you like to benefit from her it is lawful for you.’ He then did as he had said and made him responsible for the price of the slave-girl and left. She stayed with him as long as Allah wanted and he satisfied himself in what he wished. Thereafter a messenger of the Khalifah of Amawide came to buy slave-girls for him. She was one of those mentioned to be bought for him. The governor sent a person to him asking about the slave-girl of so and so. He said that so and so is not present. He was forced to sell and paid him with profits for him. When they took the slave-girl and left al-Madinah her master came back and the first thing he asked was about his slave-girl as to how she was doing. He informed him about what had happened and brought to him all that was paid for her; the price he had set and the extra profit and said, ‘This is the price and this is the profit, so accept it.’ He refused to accept more than the price he had set saying, ‘The extra is for you in good health. Allah did it for him because of his good intentions.’” 