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tabarani:14793 – Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. Najdah al-Ḥawṭī > Aḥmad b. Khālid al-Wahbī > Isrāʾīl > Manṣūr > Ribʿī > Abū Masʿūd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, the angels received the soul of a man who was before you, and they said to him, 'Did you ever do any good?' He said, 'No, except that I used to give loans to people, and I would command my young men to be lenient with those who were in a difficult financial situation.'" Then Allah (may He be glorified) said, "Be lenient."  

الطبراني:١٤٧٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ بْنِ نَجْدَةَ الْحَوْطِيُّ ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْوَهْبِيُّ ثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَلَقَّتْ رَوْحَ رَجُلٍ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَقَالُوا لَهُ هَلْ عَمِلْتَ خَيْرًا قَطُّ؟ قَالَ لَا إلَّا أَنِّي كُنْتُ أُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ فَكُنْتُ آمُرُ فِتْيَانِي أَنْ يُنْظِرُوا الْمُوسِرَ وَيَتَجَاوَزُوا عَنِ الْمُعْسِرِ فَقَالَ اللهُ ﷻ تَجَاوَزُوا  

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muslim:1560a – Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yūnus > Zuhayr > Manṣūr > Ribʿī b. Ḥirāsh > Ḥudhayfah

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “[Some] angels met the rūh (soul) of a man before you and asked: Did you do anything good? He said: No. they said: Try to recall. He said: I used to lend to people and order my servants to give respite to one in straitened circumstances and give allowance to the solvent, for Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, said (to the angels): You should ignore (his failing).”  

مسلم:١٥٦٠a – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ حِرَاشٍ أَنَّ حُذَيْفَةَ حَدَّثَهُمْ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «تَلَقَّتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ رُوحَ رَجُلٍ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَقَالُوا: أَعَمِلْتَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ: لاَ. قَالُوا: تَذَكَّرْ! قَالَ: كُنْتُ أُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ فَآمُرُ فِتْيَانِي أَنْ يُنْظِرُوا الْمُعْسِرَ وَيَتَجَوَّزُوا عَنِ الْمُوسِرِ. قَالَ: قَالَ: اللَّهُ ﷻ تَجَوَّزُوا عَنْهُ.»  

darimi:2588 – Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Zuhayr > Manṣūr b. al-Muʿtamir > Ribʿī b. Ḥirāsh > Ḥudhayfah

Did you do anything good? He said: No. they said: Try to recall. He said: I used to lend to people and order my servants to give respite to one in straitened circumstances and give allowance to the solvent, for Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, said (to the angels): You should ignore (his failing). (Using translation from Muslim 1560a)  

الدارمي:٢٥٨٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ الْمُعْتَمِرِ عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ حِرَاشٍ أَنَّ حُذَيْفَةَ حَدَّثَهُمْ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَلَقَّتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ رُوحَ رَجُلٍ مِمَّنْ قَبْلَكُمْ فَقَالُوا أَعَمِلْتَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ شَيْئًا؟ فَقَالَ لَا قَالُوا تَذَكَّرْ قَالَ كُنْتُ أُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ فَآمُرُ فِتْيَانِي أَنْ يُنْظِرُوا الْمُعْسِرَ وَيَتَجَاوَزُوا عَنِ الْمُوسِرِ قَالَ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَجَاوَزُوا عَنْهُ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ لَمْ تُوجَدْ لَهُ حَسَنَةٌ خَلَا تَجَاوُزَهُ عَنِ الْمُعْسِرِينَ

ibnhibban:5047 – Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī

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)   

ابن حبّان:٥٠٤٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «حُوسِبَ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ لَهُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَانَ رَجُلًا مُوسِرًا فَكَانَ يُخَالِطُ النَّاسَ فَيَقُولُ لِغُلَامِهِ تَجَاوَزْ عَنِ الْمُعْسِرِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِذَلِكَ تَجَاوَزُوا عَنْهُ»  

bayhaqi:10970 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Naṣr Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Faqīh al-Shīrāzī > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Zuhayr > Manṣūr b. al-Muʿtamir > Ribʿī b. Ḥirāsh > Ḥudhayfah

Did you do anything good? He said: No. they said: Try to recall. He said: I used to lend to people and order my servants to give respite to one in straitened circumstances and give allowance to the solvent, for Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, said (to the angels): You should ignore (his failing). (Using translation from Muslim 1560a)   

البيهقي:١٠٩٧٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو نَصْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَقِيهُ الشِّيرَازِيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا زُهَيْرٌ ثنا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ الْمُعْتَمِرِ عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ حِرَاشٍ أَنَّ حُذَيْفَةَ حَدَّثَهُمْ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَلَقَّتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ رُوحَ رَجُلٍ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَقَالُوا أَعَمِلْتَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ لَا قَالُوا تَذَكَّرْ قَالَ كُنْتُ أُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ فَآمُرُ فِتْيَانِي أَنْ يُنْظِرُوا الْمُعْسِرَ وَيَتَجَوَّزُوا عَنِ الْمُوسِرِ قَالَ فَقَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى تَجَوَّزُوا عَنْهُ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يُونُسَ
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السيوطي:١٢٩٤٧a –

"تَلَقَّتْ الملائكَةُ رُوحَ رَجُلٍ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ، فقالوا: أعَمِلْتَ مِن الخير شيئًا؟ قال كنت آمُرُ فتْيَانِى أَنْ يُنْظُروا الْويسَر، ويتجاوزوا عن المُفسِرِ، فقال اللَّه: تجاوزوا عَنْهُ".  

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