43. Loans, Payment of Loans, Freezing of Property, Bankruptcy

٤٣۔ كتاب فى الاستقراض

43.13 The owner of the right has the permission to demand his right

٤٣۔١٣ باب لِصَاحِبِ الْحَقِّ مَقَالٌ

[Machine] And it is mentioned from the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ : "The debtor's forgiveness releases his dignity and punishment. Sufyan said: His dignity means that he has released me from my obligation. And his punishment is imprisonment."

وَيُذْكَرُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: «لَيُّ الْوَاجِدِ يُحِلُّ عُقُوبَتَهُ وَعِرْضَهُ». قَالَ سُفْيَانُ عِرْضُهُ يَقُولُ مَطَلْتَنِي. وَعُقُوبَتُهُ الْحَبْسُ.

bukhari:2401Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Salamah > Abū Salamah from my father

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and demanded his debts and used harsh words. The companions of the Prophet wanted to harm him, but the Prophet ﷺ said, "Leave him, as the creditor (owner of the right) has the right to speak."  

البخاري:٢٤٠١حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ يَتَقَاضَاهُ فَأَغْلَظَ لَهُ فَهَمَّ بِهِ أَصْحَابُهُ فَقَالَ دَعُوهُ فَإِنَّ لِصَاحِبِ الْحَقِّ مَقَالاً