10. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father all from ibn Mahbub from ‘ Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj who has narrated the following:

“I once heard ibn abu Layla’ speaking to his people. He said, ‘About the case of two men of whom one during a journey for their lunch took out of his supplies five loafs of bread, the other one took out three and a passerby, whom they invited joined them for lunch, ate with them so they finished all the loafs. The passerby gave them eight dirham for what he ate of their food. The owner of three said to the owner of five to divide it into half and half among them but the owner of five said that each one must take a number of dirham equal to the number of their bread loafs used. He said that they went to ’ Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali , who listened to their story and told them to reach a settlement in their small case. They insisted that he must judge among them with truth. He gave seven dirham to the owner of five and one dirham to the owner of three. He (the Imam) then asked, ‘Is it not the case that one of you took out five and the other took out three loafs of bread from his supplies?’ They replied, ‘Yes, that is true.’ He (the Imam) then asked, ‘Did your guest not eat equal to what each one of you did?’ They replied, ‘Yes, that is true.’ He (the Imam) then asked, ‘Is it not the case that each one of you ate three loafs less one-third of a loaf?’ They replied, ‘Yes, that is true.’ He (the Imam) asked, ‘Did you, owner of three, not eat three loafs less one-third of a loaf? Did you, the owner of five loafs, not eat three loafs less one-third of a loaf of bread and your guest ate three loafs less one-third of a loaf? Is it not the case, O owner of three loafs that only one-third of a loaf of your loafs of bread was left extra and two loafs and one-third of a loaf of the owner five? You ate three loafs less one-third.’ He gave to them for each one-third of a loaf one dirham so the owner of two loafs and one- third loaf received seven dirham and the owner of one-third of a loaf one dirham.’”