51. Gifts

٥١۔ كتاب الهبة وفضلها والتحريض عليها

51.21 If a creditor gives the debt, due to him, as a gift, ...

٥١۔٢١ باب إِذَا وَهَبَ دَيْنًا عَلَى رَجُلٍ

[Machine] Shu'bah said about the ruler, "He is permissible." Al-Hasan ibn Ali - peace be upon them - granted a man his debt and the Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever has a right upon him, let him give it to him or let him release him from it." Jabir said, "My father was killed and he had a debt. So he asked the Prophet ﷺ that his creditors accept the fruits of my garden and release my father from the debt."

قَالَ شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ هُوَ جَائِزٌ. وَوَهَبَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ- عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ- لِرَجُلٍ دَيْنَهُ وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ حَقٌّ فَلْيُعْطِهِ، أَوْ لِيَتَحَلَّلْهُ مِنْهُ». فَقَالَ جَابِرٌ قُتِلَ أَبِي وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ، فَسَأَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ غُرَمَاءَهُ أَنْ يَقْبَلُوا ثَمَرَ حَائِطِي، وَيُحَلِّلُوا أَبِي.

bukhari:2601ʿAbdān > ʿAbdullāh > Yūnus > al-Layth > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

My father was martyred on the day (of the battle) of Uhud and his creditors demanded the debt back in a harsh manner. So I went to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him of that, he asked them to accept the fruits of my garden and excuse my father, but they refused. So, Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not give them the fruits, nor did he cut them and distribute them among them, but said, "I will come to you tomorrow morning." So, he came to us the next morning and walked about in between the date-palms and invoked Allah to bless their fruits. I plucked the fruits and gave back all the rights of the creditors in full, and a lot of fruits were left for us. Then I went to Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who was sitting, and informed him about what happened. Messenger of Allah ﷺ told ʿUmar, who was sitting there, to listen to the story. ʿUmar said, "Don't we know that you are Messenger of Allah ﷺ? By Allah! you are Messenger of Allah ﷺ!"  

البخاري:٢٦٠١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ قُتِلَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ شَهِيدًا فَاشْتَدَّ الْغُرَمَاءُ فِي حُقُوقِهِمْ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَلَّمْتُهُ فَسَأَلَهُمْ أَنْ يَقْبَلُوا ثَمَرَ حَائِطِي وَيُحَلِّلُوا أَبِي فَأَبَوْا فَلَمْ يُعْطِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَائِطِي وَلَمْ يَكْسِرْهُ لَهُمْ وَلَكِنْ قَالَ سَأَغْدُو عَلَيْكَ فَغَدَا عَلَيْنَا حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ فَطَافَ فِي النَّخْلِ وَدَعَا فِي ثَمَرِهِ بِالْبَرَكَةِ فَجَدَدْتُهَا فَقَضَيْتُهُمْ حُقُوقَهُمْ وَبَقِيَ لَنَا مِنْ ثَمَرِهَا بَقِيَّةٌ ثُمَّ جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهْوَ جَالِسٌ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِعُمَرَ اسْمَعْ وَهْوَ جَالِسٌ يَا عُمَرُ فَقَالَ أَلاَّ يَكُونُ قَدْ عَلِمْنَا أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ