Hadith 3451

قَالَ : حُذَيْفَةُ وَسَمِعْتُهُ ، يَقُولُ : إِنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ أَتَاهُ الْمَلَكُ لِيَقْبِضَ رُوحَهُ ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ : هَلْ عَمِلْتَ مِنْ خَيْرٍ ، قَالَ : مَا أَعْلَمُ قِيلَ لَهُ انْظُرْ ، قَالَ : مَا أَعْلَمُ شَيْئًا غَيْرَ أَنِّي كُنْتُ أُبَايِعُ النَّاسَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَأُجَازِيهِمْ فَأُنْظِرُ الْمُوسِرَ وَأَتَجَاوَزُ عَنِ الْمُعْسِرِ فَأَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ .
Hudhaifa added, "I also heard him saying, 'From among the people preceding your generation, there was a man whom the angel of death visited to capture his soul. (So his soul was captured) and he was asked if he had done any good deed.' He replied, 'I don't remember any good deed.' He was asked to think it over. He said, 'I do not remember, except that I used to trade with the people in the world and I used to give a respite to the rich and forgive the poor (among my debtors). So Allah made him enter Paradise."
Hadith Reference Sahih Bukhari / The Book of The Stories of The Prophets / Hadith: 3451
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة