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 1563
This hadith is listed as number 4000 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ خَالِدُ بْنُ خِدَاشِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ ، أَنَّ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ : طَلَبَ غَرِيمًا لَهُ فَتَوَارَى عَنْهُ ، ثُمَّ وَجَدَهُ ، فَقَالَ : إِنِّي مُعْسِرٌ ، فَقَالَ : آللَّهِ ، قَالَ : آللَّهِ ، قَالَ : فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : " مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يُنْجِيَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ كُرَبِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ، فَلْيُنَفِّسْ عَنْ مُعْسِرٍ ، أَوْ يَضَعْ عَنْهُ " .
Abdullah bin Abu Qatida reported that Abu Qatadah (RA) (RA) demanded (the payment of his debt) from his debtor but he disappeared; later on he found him and he said: I am hard up financially, whereupon he said: (Do you state it) by God? He said: By God. Upon this he (Qatada) said: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who loves that Allah saves him from the torments of the Day of Resurrection should give respite to the insolvent or remit (his debt)
