55.8 The Statement of Allah aza'wajal: "... After the payment of legacies he may have bequeathed or debts..."
٥٥۔٨ بَابُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصِي بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ}
[Machine] And it is mentioned that Shuraih, Umar ibn Abdul Aziz, Tawus, Ataa, and Ibn Uzaynah permitted the acknowledgment of a debt by a sick person. Hasan said, "The most deserving act of charity a person can give is on the last day of the world and the first day of the hereafter." Ibrahim and Hakam said, "When the heir is released from the debt, he is free from it." Rafa' ibn Khadeej advised that his wife's private matters should not be revealed after her death. Hasan said, "If a person tells his slave before his death 'I would have freed you,' it is permissible." Sha'abi said, "If a woman says at her death, 'My husband has fulfilled my dowry, and I have received it from him,' it is permissible." Some people said that it is not permissible to acknowledge a debt due to doubt from the inheritors, but then they considered it good and said it is permissible to acknowledge a deposit, merchandise, or partnership. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the most lying form of speech." Muslim's property cannot be taken due to the saying of the Prophet, peace be upon him, "The sign of a hypocrite is when he is entrusted, he betrays." Allah, the Almighty, said, "Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to whom they are due." He did not specify it to an heir or anyone else. Abdullah ibn Amr reported this from the Prophet, peace be upon him.
وَيُذْكَرُ أَنَّ شُرَيْحًا وَعُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَطَاوُسًا وَعَطَاءً وَابْنَ أُذَيْنَةَ أَجَازُوا إِقْرَارَ الْمَرِيضِ بِدَيْنٍ. وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ أَحَقُّ مَا تَصَدَّقَ بِهِ الرَّجُلُ آخِرَ يَوْمٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَأَوَّلَ يَوْمٍ مِنَ الآخِرَةِ. وَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَالْحَكَمُ إِذَا أَبْرَأَ الْوَارِثَ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ بَرِئَ. وَأَوْصَى رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ أَنْ لاَ تُكْشَفَ امْرَأَتُهُ الْفَزَارِيَّةُ عَمَّا أُغْلِقَ عَلَيْهِ بَابُهَا. وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ إِذَا قَالَ لِمَمْلُوكِهِ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ كُنْتُ أَعْتَقْتُكَ. جَازَ. وَقَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ إِذَا قَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهَا إِنَّ زَوْجِي قَضَانِي وَقَبَضْتُ مِنْهُ. جَازَ. وَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ لاَ يَجُوزُ إِقْرَارُهُ لِسُوءِ الظَّنِّ بِهِ لِلْوَرَثَةِ، ثُمَّ اسْتَحْسَنَ فَقَالَ يَجُوزُ إِقْرَارُهُ بِالْوَدِيعَةِ وَالْبِضَاعَةِ وَالْمُضَارَبَةِ. وَقَدْ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «إِيَّاكُمْ وَالظَّنَّ، فَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ أَكْذَبُ الْحَدِيثِ». وَلاَ يَحِلُّ مَالُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: «آيَةُ الْمُنَافِقِ إِذَا اؤْتُمِنَ خَانَ». وَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: {إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تُؤَدُّوا الأَمَانَاتِ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا} فَلَمْ يَخُصَّ وَارِثًا وَلاَ غَيْرَهُ. فِيهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ.