Hadith 457

Asking a debtor to repay what he owes, and catching the debtor in the mosque.

English source

Darussalam · Volume 1

8 - THE BOOK OF AṢ-ṢALĀT(The Prayer)

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

Arabic source

Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 457 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 99

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English translation

457. Narrated Ka'b رضي الله عنه: In the mosque I asked Ibn Abi Hadrad to pay the debts which he owed to me and our voices grew louder. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ heard that while he was in his house. So, he came to us raising the curtain of his room and said, "O Ka'b!" I replied, "Labbaik, O Allāh's Messenger!" He said, "O Ka'b! Reduce your debt (to half, gesturing with his hand)." I said, "O Allāh's Messenger! I have done so." Then Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said (to Ibn Abi Hadrad), "Get up and pay the debt to him."

Arabic text

457 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ كَعْبٍ، أَنَّهُ تَقَاضَى ابْنَ أَبِي حَدْرَدٍ دَيْنًا كَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي المَسْجِدِ، فَارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا حَتَّى سَمِعَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ فِي بَيْتِهِ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمَا حَتَّى كَشَفَ سِجْفَ حُجْرَتِهِ، فَنَادَى: «يَا كَعْبُ» قَالَ: لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «ضَعْ مِنْ دَيْنِكَ هَذَا» وَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِ: أَيِ الشَّطْرَ، قَالَ: لَقَدْ فَعَلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «قُمْ فَاقْضِهِ»

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