3948 - وَ رَوَى عَمْرُو بْنُ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ : سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلسَّلَفِ فِي اَللَّحْمِ قَالَ "لاَ تَقْرَبَنَّهُ فَإِنَّهُ يُعْطِيكَ مَرَّةً اَلسَّمِينَ وَ مَرَّةً اَلتَّاوِيَ وَ مَرَّةً اَلْمَهْزُولَ فَاشْتَرِهِ مُعَايَنَةً يَداً بِيَدٍ" قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلسَّلَفِ فِي رَوَايَا اَلْمَاءِ فَقَالَ "لاَ فَإِنَّهُ يُعْطِيكَ مَرَّةً نَاقِصَةً وَ مَرَّةً كَامِلَةً وَ لَكِنِ اِشْتَرِهَا مُعَايَنَةً فَهَذَا أَسْلَمُ لَكَ وَ لَهُ".
Hadith.3948 - Amr ibn Shimr narrated from Jabir, who reported:
Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir 
was asked about lending meat in advance.
Imam said: "Do not approach it, for sometimes he may give you fat meat, sometimes lean meat, and sometimes emaciated meat. Instead, buy it through direct observation, hand-to-hand."
Imam was also asked about lending water carriers (skins).
Imam said: "No, for sometimes he may give you an incomplete one and sometimes a complete one. Rather, buy them through direct observation, for this is safer for you and for him."
