22. The Book of Musaqah
٢٢۔ كتاب المساقاة
Forgiveness for leniency with debtors
[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.'"
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».
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."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ تَاجِرٌ يُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ فَإِذَا رَأَى مُعْسِرًا قَالَ لِفِتْيَانِهِ تَجَاوَزُوا عَنْهُ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَتَجَاوَزَ عَنَّا فَتَجَاوَزَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ