Loans,
Payment of Loans, Freezing of Property, Bankruptcy
Volume 3,
Book 41, Number 570:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
While I was in the company of
the Prophet in one of his Ghazawat, he asked, "What is wrong with your camel?
Will you sell it?" I replied in the affirmative and sold it to him. When he
reached Medina, I took the camel to him in the morning and he paid me its
price.
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 571:
Narrated Al-Amash:
When we were with Ibrahim, we
talked about mortgaging in deals of Salam. Ibrahim narrated from Aswad that
'Aisha had said, "The Prophet bought some foodstuff on credit from a Jew and
mortgaged an iron armor to him."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 572:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "Whoever takes
the money of the people with the intention of repaying it, Allah will repay
it on his behalf, and whoever takes it in order to spoil it, then Allah will
spoil him."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 573:
Narrated Abu Dhar:
Once, while I was in the company
of the Prophet, he saw the mountain of Uhud and said, "I would not like to
have this mountain turned into gold for me unless nothing of it, not even
a single Dinar remains of it with me for more than three days (i.e. I will
spend all of it in Allah's Cause), except that Dinar which I will keep for
repaying debts." Then he said, "Those who are rich in this world would have
little reward in the Hereafter except those who spend their money here and
there (in Allah's Cause), and they are few in number." Then he ordered me
to stay at my place and went not far away. I heard a voice and intended to
go to him but I remembered his order, "Stay at your place till I return."
On his return I said, "O Allah's Apostle! (What was) that noise which I heard?"
He said, "Did you hear anything?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Gabriel came and
said to me, 'Whoever amongst your followers dies, worshipping none along with
Allah, will enter Paradise.' " I said, "Even if he did such-and-such things
(i.e. even if he stole or committed illegal sexual intercourse)" He said,
"Yes."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 574:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "If I had
gold equal to the mountain of Uhud, it would not please me that it should
remain with me for more than three days, except an amount which I would keep
for repaying debts."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 575:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man demanded his debts from
Allah's Apostle in such a rude manner that the companions of the Prophet intended
to harm him, but the Prophet said, "Leave him, no doubt, for he (the creditor)
has the right to demand it (harshly). Buy a camel and give it to him." They
said, "The camel that is available is older than the camel he demands. "The
Prophet said, "Buy it and give it to him, for the best among you are those
who repay their debts handsomely. "
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 576:
Narrated Hudhaifa:
I heard the Prophet saying, "Once
a man died and was asked, 'What did you use to say (or do) (in your life time)?'
He replied, 'I was a business-man and used to give time to the rich to repay
his debt and (used to) deduct part of the debt of the poor.' So he was forgiven
(his sins.)" Abu Masud said, "I heard the same (Hadith) from the Prophet."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 577:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to the Prophet and
demanded a camel (the Prophet owed him). Allah's Apostle told his companions
to give him (a camel). They said, "We do not find except an older camel (than
what he demands). (The Prophet ordered them to give him that camel). The man
said, "You have paid me in full and may Allah also pay you in full." Allah's
Apostle said, "Give him, for the best amongst the people is he who repays
his debts in the most handsome manner."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 578:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet owed a camel of a
certain age to a man who came to demand it back. The Prophet ordered his companions
to give him. They looked for a camel of the same age but found nothing but
a camel one year older. The Prophet told them to give it to him. The man said,
"You have paid me in full, and may Allah pay you in full." The Prophet said,
"The best amongst you is he who pays his debts in the most handsome manner."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 579:
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah:
I went to the Prophet while he
was in the Mosque. (Mis'ar thinks, that Jabir went in the forenoon.) After
the Prophet told me to pray two Rakat, he repayed me the debt he owed me and
gave me an extra amount.
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 580:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
My father was martyred on the
day (of the battle) of Uhud, and he was in debt. His creditors demanded their
rights persistently. I went to the Prophet (and informed him about it). He
told them to take the fruits of my garden and exempt my father from the debts
but they refused to do so. So, the Prophet did not give them my garden and
told me that he would come to me the next morning. He came to us early in
the morning and wandered among the datepalms and invoked Allah to bless their
fruits. I then plucked the dates and paid the creditors, and there remained
some of the dates for us.
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 581:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
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 Allah's Apostle to intercede with the Jew. Allah's
Apostle went to the Jew and asked him to accept the fruits of my trees in
place of the debt but the Jew refused. Allah's Apostle 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 Allah's Apostle and gave his thirty Awsuq, and still had
seventeen Awsuq extra for myself. Jabir said: I went to Allah's Apostle to
inform of what had happened, but found him praying the 'Asr prayer. After
the prayer I told him about the extra fruits which remained. Allah's Apostle
told me to inform (Umar) Ibn Al-Khatab about it. When I went to 'Umar and
told him about it, 'Umar said, "When Allah's Apostle walked in your garden,
I was sure that Allah would definitely bless it."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 582:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to invoke
Allah in the prayer saying, "O Allah, I seek refuge with you from all sins,
and from being in debt." Someone said, O Allah's Apostle! (I see you) very
often you seek refuge with Allah from being in debt. He replied, "If a person
is in debt, he tells lies when he speaks, and breaks his promises when he
promises."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 583:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "If someone
leaves some property, it will be for the inheritors, and if he leaves some
weak offspring, it will be for us to support them."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 584:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "I am closer
to the believers than their selves in this world and in the Hereafter, and
if you like, you can read Allah's Statement: "The Prophet is closer to the
believers than their own selves." (33.6) So, if a true believer dies and leaves
behind some property, it will be for his inheritors (from the father's side),
and if he leaves behind some debt to be paid or needy offspring, then they
should come to me as I am the guardian of the deceased."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 585:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "Procrastination
(delay) in repaying debts by a wealthy person is injustice."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 586:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to the Prophet and
demanded his debts and used harsh words. The companions of the Prophet wanted
to harm him, but the Prophet said, "Leave him, as the creditor (owner of the
right) has the right to speak."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 587:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "If a man
finds his very things with a bankrupt, he has more right to take them back
than anyone else."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 588:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
A man pledged that his slave would
be manumitted after his death. The Prophet asked, "Who will buy the slave
from me?" No'aim bin 'Abdullah bought the slave and the Prophet took its price
and gave it to the owner.
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 589:
Narrated Jabir:
When 'Abdullah (my father) died,
he left behind children and debts. I asked the lenders to put down some of
his debt, but they refused, so I went to the Prophet to intercede with them,
yet they refused. The Prophet said (to me), "Classify your dates into their
different kinds: 'Adhq bin Zaid, Lean and 'Ajwa, each kind alone and call
all the creditors and wait till I come to you." I did so and the Prophet came
and sat beside the dates and started measuring to each his due till he paid
them fully, and the amount of dates remained as it was before, as if he had
not touched them.
(On another occasion) I took part
in one of Ghazawat among with the Prophet and I was riding one of our camels.
The camel got tired and was lagging behind the others. The Prophet hit it
on its back. He said, "Sell it to me, and you have the right to ride it till
Medina.'' When we approached Medina, I took the permission from the Prophet
to go to my house, saying, "O Allah's Apostle! I have newly married." The
Prophet asked, "Have you married a virgin or a matron (a widow or divorcee)?"
I said, "I have married a matron, as 'Abdullah (my father) died and left behind
daughters small in their ages, so I married a matron who may teach them and
bring them up with good manners." The Prophet then said (to me), "Go to your
family." When I went there and told my maternal uncle about the selling of
the camel, he admonished me for it. On that I told him about its slowness
and exhaustion and about what the Prophet had done to the camel and his hitting
it. When the Prophet arrived, I went to him with the camel in the morning
and he gave me its price, the camel itself, and my share from the war booty
as he gave the other people.
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 590:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
A man came to the Prophet and
said, "I am often betrayed in bargaining." The Prophet advised him, "When
you buy something, say (to the seller), 'No deception." The man used to say
so afterwards.
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 591:
Narrated Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba:
The Prophet said, "Allah has forbidden
for you, (1) to be undutiful to your mothers, (2) to bury your daughters alive,
(3) to not to pay the rights of the others (e.g. charity, etc.) and (4) to
beg of men (begging). And Allah has hated for you (1) vain, useless talk,
or that you talk too much about others, (2) to ask too many questions, (in
disputed religious matters) and (3) to waste the wealth (by extravagance).
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 592:
Narrated Abdullah bin 'Umar:
I heard Allah's Apostle saying,
"Everyone of you is a guardian, and responsible for what is in his custody.
The ruler is a guardian of his subjects and responsible for them; a husband
is a guardian of his family and is responsible for it; a lady is a guardian
of her husband's house and is responsible for it, and a servant is a guardian
of his master's property and is responsible for it." I heard that from Allah's
Apostle and I think that the Prophet also said, "A man is a guardian of is
father's property and is responsible for it, so all of you are guardians and
responsible for your wards and things under your care."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 593:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
I heard a man reciting a verse
(of the Holy Qur'an) but I had heard the Prophet reciting it differently.
So, I caught hold of the man by the hand and took him to Allah's Apostle who
said, "Both of you are right." Shu'ba, the sub-narrator said, "I think he
said to them, "Don't differ, for the nations before you differed and perished
(because of their differences). "
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 594:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Two persons, a Muslim and a Jew,
quarrelled. The Muslim said, "By Him Who gave Muhammad superiority over all
the people! The Jew said, "By Him Who gave Moses superiority over all the
people!" At that the Muslim raised his hand and slapped the Jew on the face.
The Jew went to the Prophet and informed him of what had happened between
him and the Muslim. The Prophet sent for the Muslim and asked him about it.
The Muslim informed him of the event. The Prophet said, "Do not give me superiority
over Moses, for on the Day of Resurrection all the people will fall unconscious
and I will be one of them, but I will. be the first to gain consciousness,
and will see Moses standing and holding the side of the Throne (of Allah).
I will not know whether (Moses) has also fallen unconscious and got up before
me, or Allah has exempted him from that stroke."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 595:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
While Allah's Apostle was sitting,
a Jew came and said, "O Abul Qasim! One of your companions has slapped me
on my face." The Prophet asked who that was. He replied that he was one of
the Ansar. The Prophet sent for him, and on his arrival, he asked him whether
he had beaten the Jew. He (replied in the affirmative and) said, "I heard
him taking an oath in the market saying, 'By Him Who gave Moses superiority
over all the human beings.' I said, 'O wicked man! (Has Allah given Moses
superiority) even over Muhammad I became furious
and slapped him over his face."
The Prophet said, "Do not give a prophet superiority over another, for on
the Day of Resurrection all the people will fall unconscious and I will be
the first to emerge from the earth, and will see Moses standing and holding
one of the legs of the Throne. I will not know whether Moses has fallen unconscious
or the first unconsciousness was sufficient for him."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 596:
Narrated Anas:
A Jew crushed the head of a girl
between two stones. The girl was asked who had crushed her head, and some
names were mentioned before her, and when the name of the Jew was mentioned,
she nodded agreeing. The Jew was captured and when he confessed, the Prophet
ordered that his head be crushed between two stones.
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 597:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
A man was often cheated in buying.
The Prophet said to him, "When you buy something, say (to the seller), No
cheating." The man used to say so thenceforward .
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 598:
Narrated Jabir: A man manumitted
a slave and he had no other property than that, so the Prophet cancelled the
manumission (and sold the slave for him). No'aim bin Al-Nahham bought the
slave from him.
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 599:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud:
Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever
takes a false oath so as to take the property of a Muslim (illegally) will
meet Allah while He will be angry with him." Al-Ash'ath said: By Allah, that
saying concerned me. I had common land with a Jew, and the Jew later on denied
my ownership, so I took him to the Prophet who asked me whether I had a proof
of my ownership. When I replied in the negative, the Prophet asked the Jew
to take an oath. I said, "O Allah's Apostle! He will take an oath and deprive
me of my property." So, Allah revealed the following verse: "Verily! Those
who purchase a little gain at the cost of Allah's covenant and their oaths."
(3.77)
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 600:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Ka'b bin
Malik:
Ka'b demanded his debt back from
Ibn Abi Hadrad in the Mosque and their voices grew louder till Allah's Apostle
heard them while he was in his house. He came out to them raising the curtain
of his room and addressed Ka'b, "O Ka'b!" Ka'b replied, "Labaik, O Allah's
Apostle." (He said to him), "Reduce your debt to one half," gesturing with
his hand. Kab said, "I have done so, O Allah's Apostle!" On that the Prophet
said to Ibn Abi Hadrad, "Get up and repay the debt, to him."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 601:
Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab:
I heard Hisham bin Hakim bin Hizam
reciting Surat-al-Furqan in a way different to that of mine. Allah's Apostle
had taught it to me (in a different way). So, I was about to quarrel with
him (during the prayer) but I waited till he finished, then I tied his garment
round his neck and seized him by it and brought him to Allah's Apostle and
said, "I have heard him reciting Surat-al-Furqan in a way different to the
way you taught it to me." The Prophet ordered me to release him and asked
Hisham to recite it. When he recited it, Allah s Apostle said, "It was revealed
in this way." He then asked me to recite it. When I recited it, he said, "It
was revealed in this way. The Qur'an has been revealed in seven different
ways, so recite it in the way that is easier for you."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 602:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "No doubt, I
intended to order somebody to pronounce the Iqama of the (compulsory congregational)
prayer and then I would go to the houses of those who do not attend the prayer
and burn their houses over them."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 603:
Narrated Aisha:
Abu bin Zam'a and Sad bin Abi
Waqqas carried the case of their claim of the (ownership) of the son of a
slave-qirl of Zam'a before the Prophet. Sad said, "O Allah's Apostle! My brother,
before his death, told me that when I would return (to Mecca), I should search
for the son of the slave-girl of Zam'a and take him into my custody as he
was his son." 'Abu bin Zam'a said, 'the is my brother and the son of the slave-girl
of my father, and was born or my father's bed." The Prophet noticed a resemblance
between Utba and the boy but he said, "O 'Abu bin Zam'a! You will get this
boy, as the son goes to the owner of the bed. You, Sauda, screen yourself
from the boy."
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 604:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle sent horsemen
to Najd and they arrested and brought a man called Thumama bin Uthal, the
chief of Yamama, and they fastened him to one of the pillars of the Mosque.
When Allah's Apostle came up to him; he asked, "What have you to say, O Thumama?"
He replied, "I have good news, O Muhammad!" Abu Huraira narrated the whole
narration which ended with the order of the Prophet "Release him!"
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 605:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet sent some horsemen
to Najd and they arrested and brought a man called Thumama bin Uthal from
the tribe of Bani Hanifa, and they fastened him to one of the pillars of the
Mosque.
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 606:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Ka'b bin
Malik Al-Ansari from Ka'b bin Malik:
That 'Abdullah bin Abi Hadrad
Al-Aslami owed him some debt. Ka'b met him and caught hold of him and they
started talking and their voices grew loudest. The Prophet passed by them
and addressed Ka'b, pointing out to him to reduce the debt to one half. So,
Ka'b got one half of the debt and exempted the debtor from the other half.
Volume 3, Book
41, Number 607:
Narrated Khabbab:
I was a blacksmith In the Pre-lslamic period of ignorance, and 'Asi bin
Wail owed me some money. I went to him to demand it, but he said to
me, "I will not pay you unless you reject faith in Muhammad." I replied,
"By Allah, I will never disbelieve Muhammad till Allah let you die
and then resurrect you." He said, "Then wait till I die and come to
life again, for then I will be given property and offspring and will
pay your right." So, thus revelation came: "Have you seen him who
disbelieved in Our signs and yet says, 'I will be given property and
offspring?' " (19.77)
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