One Who Finds His Exact Property With A Man Who Has Become Bankrupt
Darussalam · Volume 3
13. The Chapters On RulingsSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2359 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 790
Source no. 2359 · Volume 5 · Page 359
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (٥ / ٢٦٩ و ١٤٤٤)
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2359. It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Any man who sells a product, then he finds the exact product with the man who has become bankrupt, and he has not taken any of its price, it belongs to him, but if he had taken any of its price, then he is like any other creditor.” (Sahih)
2359 - حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ بَاعَ سِلْعَةً، فَأَدْرَكَ سِلْعَتَهُ بِعَيْنِهَا عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ، وَقَدْ أَفْلَسَ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَبَضَ مِنْ ثَمَنِهَا شَيْئًا، فَهِيَ لَهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ قَبَضَ مِنْ ثَمَنِهَا شَيْئًا، فَهُوَ أُسْوَةٌ الْغُرَمَاءِ»
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If a person under such an enormous amount of debt, is unable to repay it; it is allowed to declare him bankrupt. Extra merchandise of the bankrupt person will be sold to repay the debt to the lenders. If an item belonging to a creditor is still present with the bankrupt (debtor); then this case has two aspects: A): If the bankrupt debtor did not pay anything towards the item at all, then the creditor will take the thing back; it will be considered as if nothing was sold and bought. B): If the bankrupt debtor has paid something, or the whole price for the item, then now it belongs to the debtor. Now when the households are shared by the creditors, if this thing falls into the share of the creditor, who was the real owner, then this is fair enough, otherwise in whoever's share it falls, he will take it, and the creditor who initially owned it does not have any right upon it.