[Machine] Abu Ubaid said about the saying of Ali regarding a person who has doubtful debt: "He is acquitted of what has passed, if he pays it back when he takes possession of it, if he is truthful." Yazeed bin Haroun narrated to us, from Hisham, from Ibn Sireen, from Ubaidah, from Ali. Abu Ubaid also said, "His saying 'adhanun' refers to the one whose owner does not know whether he will settle the debt or not, as if he is the one whom he does not expect [to settle the debt]."  

قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ فِي حَدِيثِ عَلِيٍّ فِي الرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ لَهُ الدَّيْنُ الظَّنُونُ قَالَ يُزَكِّيهِ لِمَا مَضَى إِذَا قَبَضَهُ إِنْ كَانَ صَادِقًا حَدَّثَنَاهُ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ وَقَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ قَوْلُهُ الظَّنُونُ هُوَ الَّذِي لَا يَدْرِي صَاحِبُهُ أَيَقْضِيهِ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ الدَّيْنُ أَمْ لَا كَأَنَّهُ الَّذِي لَا يَرْجُوهُ