3543 - وَ رَوَى اِبْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ اِشْتَرَى مِنْ رَجُلٍ عَبْداً وَ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ عَبْدَانِ فَقَالَ لِلْمُشْتَرِي اِذْهَبْ بِهِمَا فَاخْتَرْ أَحَدَهُمَا وَ رُدَّ اَلْآخَرَ وَ قَدْ قَبَضَ اَلْمَالَ فَذَهَبَ بِهِمَا اَلْمُشْتَرِي فَأَبَقَ أَحَدُهُمَا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ قَالَ "لِيَرُدَّ اَلَّذِي عِنْدَهُ مِنْهُمَا وَ يَقْبِضُ نِصْفَ ثَمَنِ مَا أَعْطَى مِنَ اَلْبَائِعِ وَ يَذْهَبُ فِي طَلَبِ اَلْغُلاَمِ فَإِنْ وَجَدَهُ اِخْتَارَ أَيَّهُمَا شَاءَ وَ رَدَّ اَلْآخَرَ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ كَانَ اَلْعَبْدُ بَيْنَهُمَا نِصْفُهُ لِلْبَائِعِ وَ نِصْفُهُ لِلْمُبْتَاعِ".
Hadith.3543 - Ibn Abi Umayr narrated from Abu Habib, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, from Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir 
. He said:
"I asked him about a man who bought a slave from another man, and the seller had two slaves. The seller said to the buyer, 'Take them both, then choose one of them and return the other,' and he had already received the payment. The buyer took both slaves, but one of them escaped while in his possession.
Imam said: 'He should return the one that is with him and reclaim half of the price he paid from the seller. Then, he may search for the escaped slave. If he finds him, he may choose either of them and return the other. But if he does not find him, then the slave that remains will be shared between them-half belonging to the seller and half to the buyer.'"
