22. The Book of Musaqah

٢٢۔ كتاب المساقاة

22.6 The virute of giving more time to one who is suffering difficulty, and letting those go who are suffering difficulty and those who are well off

٢٢۔٦ باب فَضْلِ إِنْظَارِ الْمُعْسِرِ

Forgiveness for leniency with debtors

(1006) bukhari:2077Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Zuhayr > Manṣūr > Ribʿī b. Ḥirāsh > Ḥudhayfah ᴿᴬ

[AI] The Prophet ﷺ said: "The angels received the soul of a man from those who came before you. They said, 'Did you do any good?' He said, 'I used to order my young workers to give respite and overlook the well-off.' He said: He said, 'So overlook him.'"

Abu Malik reported from Ribi: "I used to be lenient with the well-off and give respite to the insolvent." Shu'bah corroborated him from Abd al-Malik, from Ribi. Abu Awanah reported from Abd al-Malik, from Ribi: "I would give respite to the well-off and overlook the insolvent." Nuaym ibn Abi Hind reported from Ribi: "I would accept from the well-off and overlook the insolvent."

(١٠٠٦) البخاري:٢٠٧٧حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ أَنَّ رِبْعِيَّ بْنَ حِرَاشٍ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ حُذَيْفَةَ ؓ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «تَلَقَّتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ رُوحَ رَجُلٍ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ، قَالُوا: أَعَمِلْتَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ: كُنْتُ آمُرُ فِتْيَانِي أَنْ يُنْظِرُوا وَيَتَجَاوَزُوا عَنِ الْمُوسِرِ، قَالَ: قَالَ: فَتَجَاوَزُوا عَنْهُ».

وَقَالَ أَبُو مَالِكٍ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ: كُنْتُ أُيَسِّرُ عَلَى الْمُوسِرِ وَأُنْظِرُ الْمُعْسِرَ. وَتَابَعَهُ شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ. وَقَالَ أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ: أُنْظِرُ الْمُوسِرَ وَأَتَجَاوَزُ عَنِ الْمُعْسِرِ. وَقَالَ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ: فَأَقْبَلُ مِنَ الْمُوسِرِ وَأَتَجَاوَزُ عَنِ الْمُعْسِرِ.

(1007) bukhari:2078Hishām 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."

(١٠٠٧) البخاري:٢٠٧٨حَدَّثَنَا 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