Hadith 2396

It is permissible for one to settle one's accounts by repaying for the dates one owes, dates or other things, and one can repay them without weighing or measuring them (if the creditor agrees).

English source

Darussalam · Volume 3

43 - THE BOOK OF LOANS, PAYMENT OF LOANS, FREEZING OF PROPERTY, AND BANKRUPTCY.

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 2396 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 117

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English translation

2396. Narrated Jābir bin 'Abdullāh رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: When my father died he owed a Jew thirty Awsuq (of dates). I requested him to give me respite for repaying but he refused. I requested Allāh's Messenger ﷺ to intercede with the Jew. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ went to the Jew and asked him to accept the fruits of my trees in place of the debt but the Jew refused. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ entered the garden of the date-palms, wandering among the trees and ordered me (saying), "Pluck (the fruits) and give him his due." So, I plucked the fruits for him after the departure of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and gave his thirty Awsuq, and still had seventeen Awsuq extra for myself. Jābir said: I went to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ to inform of what had happened, but found him offering the Aṣr prayer. After the Ṣalāt (prayer) I told him about the extra fruits which remained. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ told me to inform ('Umar) Ibn Al-Khaṭṭāb about it. When I went to 'Umar and told him about it, 'Umar said, "When Allāh's Messenger ﷺ walked in your garden, I was sure that Allāh would definitely bless it."

Arabic text

2396 - حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ المُنْذِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسٌ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ: أَنَّ أَبَاهُ تُوُفِّيَ وَتَرَكَ عَلَيْهِ ثَلاَثِينَ وَسْقًا لِرَجُلٍ مِنَ اليَهُودِ، فَاسْتَنْظَرَهُ جَابِرٌ، فَأَبَى أَنْ يُنْظِرَهُ، فَكَلَّمَ جَابِرٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِيَشْفَعَ لَهُ إِلَيْهِ، فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَكَلَّمَ اليَهُودِيَّ لِيَأْخُذَ ثَمَرَ نَخْلِهِ بِالَّذِي لَهُ، فَأَبَى، فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ النَّخْلَ، فَمَشَى فِيهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِجَابِرٍ: «جُدَّ لَهُ، فَأَوْفِ لَهُ الَّذِي لَهُ» فَجَدَّهُ بَعْدَمَا رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَوْفَاهُ ثَلاَثِينَ وَسْقًا، وَفَضَلَتْ لَهُ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ وَسْقًا، فَجَاءَ جَابِرٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِيُخْبِرَهُ بِالَّذِي كَانَ، فَوَجَدَهُ يُصَلِّي العَصْرَ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أَخْبَرَهُ بِالفَضْلِ، فَقَالَ: «أَخْبِرْ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ الخَطَّابِ»، فَذَهَبَ جَابِرٌ إِلَى عُمَرَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ حِينَ مَشَى فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيُبَارَكَنَّ فِيهَا

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