The Sufficient (Vol 5) · Hadith 896 (#Ḥadīth #4)

4- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَصَّارٍ دَفَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ ثَوْباً فَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُ سُرِقَ مِنْ بَيْنِ مَتَاعِهِ قَالَ فَعَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُقِيمَ الْبَيِّنَةَ أَنَّهُ سُرِقَ مِنْ بَيْنِ مَتَاعِهِ وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ وَإِنْ سُرِقَ مَتَاعُهُ كُلُّهُ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ.

4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from those whom he has mentioned from ibn Muskan from abu Basir who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah , about the case of a cleaner to whom I gave a cloth and he thought it was stolen from his goods. He (the Imam) said, ‘He is required to present evidence that it is stolen from his goods; then there is nothing on him and if all of his goods are stolen he is not liable for anything.’”

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