صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب المساقاة
The Book of Musaqah
باب فَضْلِ إِنْظَارِ الْمُعْسِرِ:
Chapter: The virute of giving more time to one who is suffering difficulty, and letting those go who are suffering difficulty and those who are well off
Hadith 1560
This hadith is listed as number 3996 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْأَشَجُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ طَارِقٍ ، عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ حِرَاشٍ ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ ، قَالَ : " أُتِيَ اللَّهُ بِعَبْدٍ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ ، آتَاهُ اللَّهُ مَالًا ، فَقَالَ لَهُ : مَاذَا عَمِلْتَ فِي الدُّنْيَا ؟ قَالَ : وَلَا يَكْتُمُونَ اللَّهَ حَدِيثًا ، قَالَ : يَا رَبِّ ، آتَيْتَنِي مَالَكَ ، فَكُنْتُ أُبَايِعُ النَّاسَ وَكَانَ مِنْ خُلُقِي الْجَوَازُ ، فَكُنْتُ أَتَيَسَّرُ عَلَى الْمُوسِرِ وَأُنْظِرُ الْمُعْسِرَ ، فَقَالَ اللَّهُ : أَنَا أَحَقُّ بِذَا مِنْكَ ، تَجَاوَزُوا عَنْ عَبْدِي " ، فَقَالَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيُّ ، وَأَبُو مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ : هَكَذَا سَمِعْنَاهُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ .
Hudhaifa (RA) reported: A servant from amongst the servants of Allah was brought to Him whom Allah had endowed with riches. He (Allah) said to him: What (did you do) in the world? (They cannot conceal anything from Allah) He (the person) said: O my Lord, You endowed me with Your riches. I used to enter into transactions with people. It was my nature to be lenient to (my debtors). I showed leniency to the solvent and gave respite to the insolvent, whereupon Allah said: I have more right than you to do this to connive at My servant. 'Uqba bin 'Amir al-Juhani and Abu Mas'ud said: This is what we heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
