Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 22198 — Imprisonment for debt

Talq bin Mu'awiyah said: A man owed me three hundred dirhams, and I took my dispute with him before Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him). The man said: They promised me that they would treat me well. Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The statement of Allah is: "Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to those to whom they are due" [Al-Nisa: 58]. And he ordered him to be kept in prison, although I had not asked him to imprison him, until he made a settlement with me for one hundred and fifty dirhams.