30. Transactions
٣٠۔ كِتَابُ الْبُيُوعِ
"There was a man who never did any good deed, but he used to lend to people and he would say to this messenger: "Take what can be paid easily and leave what is difficult, let them off, and perhaps Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, said to him: 'Did you ever do any good did? He said: No, but I had a slave and I used to lend to people. When I sent him to collect the debts I said to him: Take what can he paid easily and leave what is difficult; let them off, and perhaps Allah will let us off. Allah, the Most High, said: 'I have let you off."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4694)
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ رَجُلًا لَمْ يَعْمَلْ خَيْرًا قَطُّ وَكَانَ يُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ فَيَقُولُ لِرَسُولِهِ خُذْ مَا يَسُرَ وَاتْرُكْ مَا عَسُرَ وَتَجَاوَزْ؛ لَعَلَّ اللهَ أَنْ يَتَجَاوَزَ عَنَّا فَلَمَّا هَلَكَ قَالَ اللهُ لَهُ عَمِلْتَ خَيْرًا قَطُّ؟ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِي غُلَامٌ فَكُنْتُ أُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ فَإِذَا بَعَثْتُهُ يَتَقَاضَى قُلْتُ لَهُ خُذْ مَا يَسُرَ وَاتْرُكْ مَا عَسُرَ وَتَجَاوَزْ لَعَلَّ اللهَ يَتَجَاوَزُ عَنَّا قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى قَدْ تَجَاوَزْنَا عَنْكَ
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)
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
I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Allah admitted to Paradise a man who was easy-going in buying and selling, when paying off debt and when asking for a debt that was owed to him.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 485)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَدْخَلَ اللهُ الْجَنَّةَ رَجُلًا كَانَ سَهْلًا مُشْتَرِيًا وَبَائِعًا وَقَاضِيًا وَمُقْتَضِيًا