192. Imām Husain: “Ali (a.s.) rode on the Prophet’s (sa.w.) mule called ‘Shahbā'’ in Kufa and visited every market. He entered the butcher’s market and called out: “O group of butchers! Do not cut the spinal cord of the animal nor make haste in taking its life. Let the soul gently leave its body. Avoid from blowing into the meat when selling it for I have heard the Messenger of God (sa.w.) prohibited doing so.”
Then he went to the date sellers and said: “Display the bad products just like you display the good ones.”
Then he went to the fish dealers and told them: “Do not sell except good fish, and refrain from selling what is caught dead [floating].”
Then he entered the Kunāsa area [in Kufa] where various transactions were being made by the copper dealers, liquid sellers, sellers of swaddling clothes and needles, and there were also exchangers and sellers of camphor and cloth. He called out loudly to them: “Swearing oaths is common in your markets; protect yourselves from your oaths with charity and avoid swearing oaths, as God Almighty will not purify he who uses His Name in oath and tells lies.”1
193. Fadā'il al-Sahāba – narrating from Abu al-Sahbā': “I saw Ali ibn Abi Tālib (a.s.) passing by the side of a pasture and asking about the prices.”2
1.. al-Ja`fariyāt, p. ۲۳۸, Da`ā'im al-Islām, vol. ۲, p. ۵۳۸, h. ۱۹۱۳.
2.. Fadā'il al-Sahāba, vol. ۱, p. ۵۴۷, h. ۹۱۹, Dhakhā'ir al-`Uqbā, p. ۱۹۲.
