A man who dies or goes bankrupt while holding a specific item of goods

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If a man becomes bankrupt and someone finds his own goods there intact, he is more entitled to them than the creditors."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The person whose property is still intact with a man who has become bankrupt is more entitled to it than the creditors."

Awf said: A letter of Umar bin Abd al-Aziz was read out to us, in which it was written: If a person becomes bankrupt and he has someone's goods with him, still intact, that person is more entitled to them than the rest of the creditors, unless he has already collected something of his money, in which case he is on a par with the creditors. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave this very ruling.

Makhul said: If a person's goods are found intact with someone who has become bankrupt, they are his, unless he has already taken something of their price, in which case he is on a par with the creditors.

Ibrahim said: He too is one of the creditors, on a par with them.

Al-Hasan said: He too is one of the creditors, on a par with them.

A man came to al-Sha'bi and asked: "I gave a man some money for mudarabah (a profit-sharing venture). He set out on a trading journey and died at Hulwan. I went after him and saw that the purse I had given him was there intact." Amir (al-Sha'bi) said: "You cannot take it to the exclusion of the creditors."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever finds his own property intact with a man who has become bankrupt is more entitled to it than anyone else.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If a person's goods are found intact with someone who has become bankrupt, he is on a par with the creditors.

Ibrahim said: He is on a par with the creditors.

Al-Hasan said: He is on a par with the creditors.

Ibrahim said: He is on a par with the creditors, unless a ruler has held it back for him.