The Sufficient (Vol 5) · Hadith 361 (#Ḥadīth #2)

2- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ بَيْعِ الْمَصَاحِفِ وَشِرَائِهَا فَقَالَ لا تَشْتَرِ كِتَابَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلَكِنِ اشْتَرِ الْحَدِيدَ وَالْوَرَقَ وَالدَّفَّتَيْنِ وَقُلْ أَشْتَرِي مِنْكَ هَذَا بِكَذَا وَكَذَا.

2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Sama‘ah who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah , about buying and selling pages of al-Quran. He (the Imam) said, ‘The book of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, cannot be purchased but iron sheets and covers can be bought. One can say, ‘I buy from you such and such items for such and such amount.’”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).