48. Mortgaging

٤٨۔ كتاب الرهن

48.1 The Statement of Allah Taa'la: "And if you are on a journey and cannot find a scribe, then let there be a pledge taken..."

٤٨۔١ باب فِي الرَّهْنِ فِي الْحَضَرِ

[Machine] And His saying, exalted be He: "And if you are on a journey and cannot find a writer, then a security deposit taken in hand."

وَقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ وَلَمْ تَجِدُوا كَاتِبًا فَرِهَانٌ مَقْبُوضَةٌ}.

bukhari:2508Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Hishām > Qatādah > Anas

No doubt, the Prophet ﷺ mortgaged his armor for barley grams. Once I took barley bread with some dissolved fat on it to the Prophet ﷺ and I heard him saying, "The household of Muhammad did not possess except a Sa (of food grain, barley, etc.) for both the morning and the evening meals although they were nine houses."  

البخاري:٢٥٠٨حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

وَلَقَدْ رَهَنَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ دِرْعَهُ بِشَعِيرٍ وَمَشَيْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِخُبْزِ شَعِيرٍ وَإِهَالَةٍ سَنِخَةٍ وَلَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ مَا أَصْبَحَ لآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ إِلاَّ صَاعٌ وَلاَ أَمْسَى وَإِنَّهُمْ لَتِسْعَةُ أَبْيَاتٍ