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A person from people who lived before you was called to account (by Allah at the Day of Judgment) and no good was found in his account except this that lie being a rich man had (financial) dealings with people and had commanded his servants to show leniency to the straitened ones. Upon this Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, said: We have more right to this, so overlook (his faults).  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حُوسِبَ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ لَهُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ شَىْءٌ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُخَالِطُ النَّاسَ وَكَانَ مُوسِرًا فَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ غِلْمَانَهُ أَنْ يَتَجَاوَزُوا عَنِ الْمُعْسِرِ قَالَ قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِذَلِكَ مِنْهُ تَجَاوَزُوا عَنْهُ  

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A man among those before you was called to reckon and nothing good was found with him. Except that he was a wealthy man so he used to mix with the pople and he would tell his servant to be lenient with the insolvent. So Allah, Mighty and Sublime is He, said: 'We are more worthy of that than him, so be lenient with him.'"  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حُوسِبَ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ لَهُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ شَيْءٌ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ كَانَ رَجُلاً مُوسِرًا وَكَانَ يُخَالِطُ النَّاسَ وَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ غِلْمَانَهُ أَنْ يَتَجَاوَزُوا عَنِ الْمُعْسِرِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِذَلِكَ مِنْهُ تَجَاوَزُوا عَنْهُ  

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A man among those before you was called to reckon and nothing good was found with him. Except that he was a wealthy man so he used to mix with the pople and he would tell his servant to be lenient with the insolvent. So Allah, Mighty and Sublime is He, said: 'We are more worthy of that than him, so be lenient with him.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1307)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حُوسِبَ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ لَهُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَانَ رَجُلًا مُوسِرًا وَكَانَ يُخَالِطُ النَّاسَ فَكَانَ يَقُولُ لِغِلْمَانِهِ تَجَاوَزُوا عَنِ الْمُعْسِرِ قَالَ فَقَالَ اللهُ ﷻ لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِذَلِكَ مِنْهُ تَجَاوَزُوا عَنْهُ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: The man who was before you will be held accountable, and it will be found that he had no good deeds except that he was someone who was easy-going and mixed with people. He would say to his servants, "Go easy on the one who is in debt." Allah said to His angels, "We are more deserving of that." So forgive him. This is the wording of the hadith of Abu Bakr.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حُوسِبَ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ لَهُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَانَ رَجُلًا مُوسِرًا يُخَالِطُ النَّاسَ فَيَقُولُ لِغِلْمَانِهِ تَجَاوَزُوا عَنِ الْمُعْسِرِ فَقَالَ اللهُ لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ فَنَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِذَلِكَ فَتَجَاوَزُوا عَنْهُ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ  

"حُوسِبَ رَجَلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَلمْ يُوجَدْ لَهُ من الخَيْرِ شَئٌ، إلا أَنَّهُ كَانَ رَجُلًا مُوسِرًا، وكَانَ يُخَالِطُ النَّاسَ، وَكَانَ يَأْمرُ غِلمَانَهُ أَنْ يَتَجَاوزُوا عَنِ المُعْسِرِ، فقالَ اللَّه لملائكتهِ: نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بذلك مِنْهُ، تَجَاوَزُوا عَنْهُ".