3279 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ صَبَّاحٍ اَلْمُزَنِيِّ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ : جَاءَ رَجُلاَنِ إِلَى أَمِيرِ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا يَا أَمِيرَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ هَذَا غَادَانِي فَجِئْتُ أَنَا بِثَلاَثَةِ أَرْغِفَةٍ وَ جَاءَ هُوَ بِخَمْسَةِ أَرْغِفَةٍ فَتَغَدَّيْنَا وَ مَرَّ بِنَا رَجُلٌ فَدَعَوْنَاهُ إِلَى اَلْغَدَاءِ فَجَاءَ فَتَغَدَّى مَعَنَا فَلَمَّا فَرَغْنَا وَهَبَ لَنَا ثَمَانِيَةَ دَرَاهِمَ وَ مَضَى فَقُلْتُ يَا هَذَا قَاسِمْنِي فَقَالَ لاَ أَفْعَلُ إِلاَّ عَلَى قَدْرِ اَلْحِصَصِ مِنَ اَلْخُبْزِ قَالَ "اِذْهَبَا فَاصْطَلِحَا" قَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّهُ يَأْبَى أَنْ يُعْطِيَنِي إِلاَّ ثَلاَثَةَ دَرَاهِمَ وَ يَأْخُذُ هُوَ خَمْسَةَ دَرَاهِمَ فَاحْمِلْنَا عَلَى اَلْقَضَاءِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ "يَا عَبْدَ اَللَّهِ أَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ثَلاَثَةَ أَرْغِفَةٍ تِسْعَةُ أَثْلاَثٍ" قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ "وَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ خَمْسَةَ أَرْغِفَةٍ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ ثُلُثاً" قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ "فَأَكَلْتَ أَنْتَ مِنْ تِسْعَةِ أَثْلاَثٍ ثَمَانِيَةً وَ بَقِيَ لَكَ وَاحِدٌ وَ أَكَلَ هَذَا مِنْ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ ثَمَانِيَةً وَ بَقِيَ لَهُ سَبْعَةٌ وَ أَكَلَ اَلضَّيْفُ مِنْ خُبْزِ هَذَا سَبْعَةَ أَثْلاَثٍ وَ مِنْ خُبْزِكَ هَذَا اَلثُّلُثَ اَلَّذِي بَقِيَ مِنْ خُبْزِكَ فَأَصَابَ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ ثَمَانِيَةُ أَثْلاَثٍ فَلِهَذَا سَبْعَةُ دَرَاهِمَ بَدَلَ كُلِّ ثُلُثٍ دِرْهَمٌ وَ لَكَ أَنْتَ لِثُلُثِكَ دِرْهَمٌ فَخُذْ أَنْتَ دِرْهَماً وَ أَعْطِ هَذَا سَبْعَةَ دَرَاهِمَ".
Hadith.3279 - It is narrated from Sabbah Al-Muzani, who raised it (in chain of narration):
Two men came to Commander of the Faithful .
One of them said:
"O Commander of the Faithful, this man and I went out together. I brought three loaves of bread, and he brought five loaves of bread. We had lunch together, and a man passed by us, so we invited him to join us for lunch. He came and ate with us.
When we finished, he gifted us eight dirhams and left.
I said to this man: 'Divide the dirhams with me.'
He said: 'I will not do so except based on the proportion of the shares of the bread.'
Commander of the Faithful
said: 'Go and reconcile between yourselves.'
The man replied: 'O Commander of the Faithful, he refuses to give me more than three dirhams while he takes five dirhams. Judge between us.'
Commander of the Faithful
said to him: 'O servant of Allah (swt), do you know that three loaves of bread equal nine thirds?'
He said: 'Yes.'
Imam
continued: 'And do you know that five loaves of bread equal fifteen thirds?'
He said: 'Yes.'
Imam
said: 'You ate from your nine-thirds eight-thirds, leaving you one-third.
And this man ate from his fifteen-thirds eight-thirds, leaving him seven-thirds.
The guest ate seven-thirds from this man's bread and one-third from your bread.
Thus, each of you consumed eight-thirds.
This man is entitled to seven dirhams, one dirham for each remaining third of bread he contributed, and you are entitled to one dirham for the one-third you contributed.
So, take one dirham, and give this man seven dirhams.'"