2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from and others from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “Once abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, was asked, when I was listening, ‘We order a man to buy land, slave, a house or a servant for us and assign a certain amount for him. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not unlawful.’”

3. Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from ibn abu ‘Umayr from certain persons of our people of slave traders who has said the following: “I once bought a slave-girl for abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, and he (the Imam) gave me four dinars but I declined. He (the Imam) said, ‘You must take it’ and I took it and he (the Imam) said, ‘You must not take anything from the seller.’”

4. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “Once, a man asked abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, when I was listening, ‘We perhaps order a man to buy for us land, house, slave or slave-girl and assign for him a certain amount. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not unlawful.’”