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

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43.14 If somebody lends something and the possessor gets bankrupt

٤٣۔١٤ باب إِذَا وَجَدَ مَالَهُ عِنْدَ مُفْلِسٍ فِي الْبَيْعِ وَالْقَرْضِ وَالْوَدِيعَةِ فَهْوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ

[Machine] And Al-Hasan said: If a person becomes bankrupt and it becomes clear, his slaves cannot be freed, his goods cannot be sold, and his debts cannot be repaid. And Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib said: Uthman judged that whoever claims his right before becoming bankrupt, it belongs to him, and whoever recognizes his possessions with his own eyes, he has more right to them.

وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ إِذَا أَفْلَسَ وَتَبَيَّنَ لَمْ يَجُزْ عِتْقُهُ، وَلاَ بَيْعُهُ وَلاَ شِرَاؤُهُ. وَقَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ قَضَى عُثْمَانُ مَنِ اقْتَضَى مِنْ حَقِّهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُفْلِسَ فَهْوَ لَهُ، وَمَنْ عَرَفَ مَتَاعَهُ بِعَيْنِهِ فَهْوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ.

bukhari:2402Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Zuhayr > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm > ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥārith b. Hishām > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If a man finds his very things with a bankrupt, he has more right to take them back than anyone else."  

البخاري:٢٤٠٢حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرِ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَوْ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَدْرَكَ مَالَهُ بِعَيْنِهِ عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ أَوْ إِنْسَانٍ قَدْ أَفْلَسَ فَهْوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ