صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب المساقاةThe 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
حَدَّثَنَا حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ، وَإِسْحَاق بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، وَاللَّفْظُ لِيَحْيَى ، قَالَ يَحْيَى : أَخْبَرَنَا ، وَقَالَ الْآخَرُونَ : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " حُوسِبَ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ ، فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ لَهُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ شَيْءٌ ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُخَالِطُ النَّاسَ وَكَانَ مُوسِرًا ، فَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ غِلْمَانَهُ أَنْ يَتَجَاوَزُوا عَنِ الْمُعْسِرِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ : نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِذَلِكَ مِنْهُ ، تَجَاوَزُوا عَنْهُ " .
Abu Mas'ud (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: A person from people who lived before you was called to account (by Allah at the Day of Judgment) and no good was found in his account except this that lie being a rich man had (financial) dealings with people and had commanded his servants to show leniency to the straitened ones. Upon this Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, said: We have more right to this, so overlook (his faults).
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: "He did not find any good in himself":
Here, "good" refers to righteous deeds (a'mal salihah).
Such a person was a believer,
because forgiveness is not possible without faith (iman), nor can any deed without it become a means of salvation,
as is coming in the next narration.
Here, "good" refers to righteous deeds (a'mal salihah).
Such a person was a believer,
because forgiveness is not possible without faith (iman), nor can any deed without it become a means of salvation,
as is coming in the next narration.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 3997
