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Showing kindness to a debtor

bukhari:2705 – Ismāʿīl b. Abī Uways > akhī > Sulaymān > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Rijāl Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān > ʿAmrah bt. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard the voices of disputants at the door, their voices raised. One of them was asking the other to reduce the amount and to be lenient with him regarding something, while he was saying, “By Allah, I will not do it.” So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to them and said: “Where is the one swearing by Allah that he will not do good?” He said, “I am, O Messenger of Allah; he may have whichever of that he likes.”

البخاري:٢٧٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَخِي عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الرِّجَالِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أُمَّهُ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ ؓ تَقُولُ

سَمِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَوْتَ خُصُومٍ بِالْبَابِ، عَالِيَةٍ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا، وَإِذَا أَحَدُهُمَا يَسْتَوْضِعُ الآخَرَ وَيَسْتَرْفِقُهُ فِي شَىْءٍ، وَهْوَ يَقُولُ: وَاللَّهِ لاَ أَفْعَلُ، فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: «أَيْنَ الْمُتَأَلِّي عَلَى اللَّهِ لاَ يَفْعَلُ الْمَعْرُوفَ؟» فَقَالَ: أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، وَلَهُ أَىُّ ذَلِكَ أَحَبَّ.

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muslim:1557 – Ghayr Wāḥid from Aṣḥābinā > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Ūways > Akhī > Sulaymān / Ibn Bilāl > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Rijāl Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ummah ʿAmrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿĀʾishah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard the voices of altercation of two disputants at the door; both the voices were quite loud. The one demanded some remission and desired that the other one should show leniency to him, whereupon the (other one) was saying: By Allah will not do that. Then there came Messenger of Allah ﷺ to them and said: Where is he who swears by Allah that he would not do good? He said: Massenger of Allah, it is I. He may do as he desires.

مسلم:١٥٥٧ – وَحَدَّثَنِي غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَخِي عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ بِلاَلٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الرِّجَالِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أُمَّهُ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ

سَمِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَوْتَ خُصُومٍ بِالْبَابِ عَالِيَةً أَصْوَاتُهُمَا وَإِذَا أَحَدُهُمَا يَسْتَوْضِعُ الآخَرَ وَيَسْتَرْفِقُهُ فِي شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ لاَ أَفْعَلُ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَيْهِمَا فَقَالَ أَيْنَ الْمُتَأَلِّي عَلَى اللَّهِ لاَ يَفْعَلُ الْمَعْرُوفَ قَالَ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَلَهُ أَىُّ ذَلِكَ أَحَبَّ

bayhaqi:10626 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq Imlāʾ > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Faḍl al-Asfāṭī And al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Ziyād > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Ūways > Akhī > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Rijāl Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ummih ʿAmrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿĀʾishah

Once Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard the loud voices of some opponents quarreling at the door. One of them was appealing to the other to deduct his debt and asking him to be lenient but the other was saying, "By Allah I will not do so." Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to them and said, "Who is the one who was swearing by Allah that he would not do a favor?" That man said, "I am that person, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I will give my opponent whatever he wishes." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2705)

البيهقي:١٠٦٢٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ إِمْلَاءً ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَا ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ ثنا أَخِي عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلَالٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الرِّجَالِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ ؓ تَقُولُ سَمِعَ

النَّبِيُّ ﷺ صَوْتَ خُصُومٍ بِالْبَابِ عَالِيَةٍ أَصْوَاتُهُمْ وَإِذَا أَحَدُهُمْ يَسْتَوْضِعُ الْآخَرَ وَيَسْتَرْفِقُهُ فِي شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ وَاللهِ لَا أَفْعَلُ فَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَيْهِمَا فَقَالَ أَيْنَ الْمُتَأَلِّي عَلَى اللهِ لَا يَفْعَلُ الْمَعْرُوفَ؟ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنَا فَلَهُ أِيُّ ذَلِكَ أَحَبَّ

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ