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Being Kind When Asking For Repayment

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Darussalam · Volume 5

44. The Book Of Financial Transactions

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الحديث: 4694 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 318

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4698. It was narrated from Abū Hurairah that the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "There was a man who never did any good deed, but he used to lend to people and he would say to his messenger: 'Take what can be paid easily and leave what is difficult; let them off, and perhaps Allâh, the Most High, will let us off.' When he died, Allâh, the Mighty and Sublime, said to him: 'Did you ever do any good deed?' He said: 'No, but I had a slave and I used to lend to people. When I sent him to collect the debts I said to him: Take what can be paid easily and leave what is difficult; let them off, and perhaps Allâh will let us off.'" Allâh, the Most High, said: 'I have let you off.'" (Šahîh)

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4694 - أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " إِنَّ رَجُلًا لَمْ يَعْمَلْ خَيْرًا قَطُّ، وَكَانَ يُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ، فَيَقُولُ لِرَسُولِهِ: خُذْ مَا تَيَسَّرَ، وَاتْرُكْ مَا عَسُرَ وَتَجَاوَزْ، لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَتَجَاوَزَ عَنَّا، فَلَمَّا هَلَكَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُ: هَلْ عَمِلْتَ خَيْرًا قَطُّ؟ قَالَ: لَا. إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِي غُلَامٌ وَكُنْتُ أُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ، فَإِذَا بَعَثْتُهُ لِيَتَقَاضَى قُلْتُ لَهُ: خُذْ مَا تَيَسَّرَ، وَاتْرُكْ مَا عَسُرَ، وَتَجَاوَزْ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ يَتَجَاوَزُ عَنَّا. قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: قَدْ تَجَاوَزْتُ عَنْكَ "

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