Seeking Refuge From Debt And Sin
Darussalam · Volume 6
The Book Of Seeking Refuge With AllāhSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 5454 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 258
Source no. 5454 · Volume 11 · Page 454
Sahih
صحيح، مضى (٣ / ٥٦ - ٥٧) // (١٢٤١) //
Source no. 5040 · Volume 3 · Page 1110
Sahih
(صحيح) - ق، مضى ٣/ ٥٦ - ٥٧ [١٢٤١]: ق.
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5456. It was narrated that 'Āishah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ often used to seek refuge (with Allāh) from debt and sin. I said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, how often you seek refuge from debt!' He said: 'Whoever gets into debt speaks and lies, and makes a promise and breaks it.'" (Sahih)
5454 - أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي صَفْوَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ، وَكَانَ خَيْرَ أَهْلِ زَمَانِهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَكْثَرَ مَا يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنَ الْمَغْرَمِ، وَالْمَأْثَمِ " قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا تَتَعَوَّذُ مِنَ الْمَغْرَمِ، قَالَ: «إِنَّهُ مَنْ غَرِمَ حَدَّثَ، فَكَذَبَ وَوَعَدَ فَأَخْلَفَ»
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Such person is overwhelmed. He possesses nothing to repay. He tells lies under duress to save his soul. He is forced to make impossible promises. This demonstrates that debt here does not connote an ordinary debt or the debt in its absolute sense, but heavy back-breaking debt, whose repayment is impossible for him to make. Sin in this narration also denotes that sin which men deliberately and brazenly commit, or it might signify that sin which a debtor commits as has preceded above.