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ذِكْرُ رَجَاءِ تَجَاوُزِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا عَمَّنْ تَجَاوَزَ عَنِ الْمُعْسِرِ

ibnhibban:5046 – Ibn Qutaybah > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "There was a man who used to lend money to people. When a debtor faced financial difficulty, he would say to his servant, 'Let him go, maybe Allah will forgive us.' So, when he met Allah, He forgave him."

ابن حبّان:٥٠٤٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ فَإِذَا أَعْسَرَ الْمُعْسِرُ قَالَ لِفَتَاهُ تَجَاوَزْ عَنْهُ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ يَتَجَاوَزُ عَنَّا فَلَقِيَ اللَّهَ فَتَجَاوَزَ عَنْهُ»

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bukhari:3480 – ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man used to give loans to the people and used to say to his servant, 'If the debtor is poor, forgive him, so that Allah may forgive us.' So when he met Allah (after his death), Allah forgave him."

البخاري:٣٤٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ فَكَانَ يَقُولُ لِفَتَاهُ إِذَا أَتَيْتَ مُعْسِرًا فَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْهُ لَعَلَّ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَتَجَاوَزَ عَنَّا قَالَ فَلَقِيَ اللَّهَ فَتَجَاوَزَ عَنْهُ

bukhari:2078 – Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Yaḥyá b. Ḥamzah > al-Zubaydī > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "There was a merchant who used to lend the people, and whenever his debtor was in straitened circumstances, he would say to his employees, 'Forgive him so that Allah may forgive us.' So, Allah forgave him."

البخاري:٢٠٧٨ – حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الزُّبَيْدِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ تَاجِرٌ يُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ فَإِذَا رَأَى مُعْسِرًا قَالَ لِفِتْيَانِهِ تَجَاوَزُوا عَنْهُ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَتَجَاوَزَ عَنَّا فَتَجَاوَزَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ

muslim:1562a – Manṣūr b. Abū Muzāḥim And Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. Ziyād > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd > al-Zuhrī > Ibn Jaʿfar > Ibrāhīm Wahū Ibn Saʿd > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Abū Hurayrah

There was a person who gave loans to the people and said to his men: When an insolvent comes to you show him leniency that Allah may overlook our (faults). So when he met Allah, He overlooked his faults (forgave him).

مسلم:١٥٦٢a – حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ أَبِي مُزَاحِمٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ مَنْصُورٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَقَالَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ فَكَانَ يَقُولُ لِفَتَاهُ إِذَا أَتَيْتَ مُعْسِرًا فَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْهُ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ يَتَجَاوَزُ عَنَّا فَلَقِيَ اللَّهَ فَتَجَاوَزَ عَنْهُ

nasai:4695 – Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Yaḥyá > al-Zubaydī > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Hurayrah

The prophet said: "A man used to lend to people, but if he realized that someone was going through hardship, he would say to his slave: 'Let him off, perhaps Allah, the Most High, will let us off.' And when he met Allah, He let him off."

النسائي:٤٦٩٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الزُّبَيْدِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ وَكَانَ إِذَا رَأَى إِعْسَارَ الْمُعْسِرِ قَالَ لِفَتَاهُ تَجَاوَزْ عَنْهُ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَتَجَاوَزُ عَنَّا فَلَقِيَ اللَّهَ فَتَجَاوَزَ عَنْهُ

ahmad:7579 – Abū Kāmil > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man used to give loans to the people and used to say to his servant, 'If the debtor is poor, forgive him, so that Allah may forgive us.' So when he met Allah (after his death), Allah forgave him." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3480)

أحمد:٧٥٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ فَكَانَ يَقُولُ لِفَتَاهُ إِذَا أَتَيْتَ مُعْسِرًا فَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْهُ لَعَلَّ اللهَ أَنْ يَتَجَاوَزَ عَنَّا قَالَ فَلَقِيَ اللهَ ﷻ فَتَجَاوَزَ عَنْهُ

ahmad:8387 – Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman Shādhān > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd > Iāb. Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Hurayrah

There was a person who gave loans to the people and said to his men: When an insolvent comes to you show him leniency that Allah may overlook our (faults). So when he met Allah, He overlooked his faults (forgave him). (Using translation from Muslim 1562a)

أحمد:٨٣٨٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ شَاذَانُ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ كَانَ يَقُولُ لِفَتَاهُ إِذَا أَتَيْتَ مُعْسِرًا فَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْهُ لَعَلَّ اللهَ يَتَجَاوَزُ عَنَّا فَلَقِيَ اللهَ فَتَجَاوَزَ عَنْهُ

ahmad:8467 – Yaʿqūb from my father > Ṣāliḥ > Āb.ishihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man used to give loans to the people and used to say to his servant, 'If the debtor is poor, forgive him, so that Allah may forgive us.' So when he met Allah (after his death), Allah forgave him." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3480)

أحمد:٨٤٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِشِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ فَكَانَ يَقُولُ لِفَتَاهُ إِذَا أَتَيْتَ مُعْسِرًا فَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْهُ لَعَلَّ اللهَ يَتَجَاوَزُ عَنَّا فَلَقِيَ اللهَ فَتَجَاوَزَ عَنْهُ

ذِكْرُ رَجَاءِ تَجَاوَزِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا فِي الْقِيَامَةِ عَنِ الْمُيَسِّرِ عَلَى الْمُعْسِرِينَ فِي الدُّنْيَا

ibnhibban:5042 – Muḥammad b. al-Muʿāfá al-ʿĀbid Biṣaydā > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Yaḥyá b. Ḥamzah > al-Zubaydī > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Hurayrah

The prophet said: "A man used to lend to people, but if he realized that someone was going through hardship, he would say to his slave: 'Let him off, perhaps Allah, the Most High, will let us off.' And when he met Allah, He let him off." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4695)

ابن حبّان:٥٠٤٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُعَافَى الْعَابِدُ بِصَيْدَا قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الزُّبَيْدِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «كَانَ رَجُلٌ تَاجِرٌ يُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ فَإِذَا رَأَى إِعْسَارَ الْمُعْسِرِ» قَالَ لِفَتَاهُ تَجَاوَزْ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ يَتَجَاوَزُ عَنَّا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَلَقِيَ اللَّهَ فَتَجَاوَزَ عَنْهُ»

nasai-kubra:6248 – Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Yaḥyá > al-Zubaydī > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh

The prophet said: "A man used to lend to people, but if he realized that someone was going through hardship, he would say to his slave: 'Let him off, perhaps Allah, the Most High, will let us off.' And when he met Allah, He let him off." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4695)

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٢٤٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الزُّبَيْدِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ وَكَانَ إِذَا رَأَى إِعْسَارَ الْمُعْسِرِ قَالَ لِفَتَاهُ تَجَاوَزْ عَنْهُ؛ لَعَلَّ اللهَ يَتَجَاوَزُ عَنَّا فَلَقِيَ اللهَ فَتَجَاوَزَ عَنْهُ