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Sunan an-Nasai 3638 (Book 30, Hadith 28) #18252
Paying Debts with Kindness

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) helped a man pay off his debts by sorting and measuring out dates for the creditors.

It was narrated that Jabir said: "Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Haram died, leaving behind debts. I asked the Messenger of Allah to intercede with his creditors so that they would waive part of the debt. He asked them to do that but they refused. The Prophet said to me: 'Go and sort your dates into their different kinds: The 'ajwah on one side, the cluster of Ibn Zaid on another side, and so on. Then send for me'. I did that, then the Messenger of Allah came and sat at the head or in the middle of the heaps. Then he said: 'Measure them out for the people'. So I measured them out for them until I had paid them all off, and my dates were left as if nothing had been taken from them".
أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ تُوُفِّيَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَرَامٍ - قَالَ - وَتَرَكَ دَيْنًا فَاسْتَشْفَعْتُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ عَلَى غُرَمَائِهِ أَنْ يَضَعُوا مِنْ دَيْنِهِ شَيْئًا فَطَلَبَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَأَبَوْا فَقَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ ‏"‏ اذْهَبْ فَصَنِّفْ تَمْرَكَ أَصْنَافًا الْعَجْوَةَ عَلَى حِدَةٍ وَعَذْقَ ابْنِ زَيْدٍ عَلَى حِدَةٍ وَأَصْنَافَهُ ثُمَّ ابْعَثْ إِلَىَّ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَجَلَسَ فِي أَعْلاَهُ أَوْ فِي أَوْسَطِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ كِلْ لِلْقَوْمِ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ فَكِلْتُ لَهُمْ حَتَّى أَوْفَيْتُهُمْ ثُمَّ بَقِيَ تَمْرِي كَأَنْ لَمْ يَنْقُصْ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ‏.‏

TOPICS
debt  *  dates  *  measurement  *  payment  *  qarz  *  tamar  *  tadqin  *  infaq

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous when it comes to paying your debts; even if you don't have enough money or resources available use what you have available in order help others who are in need .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad's kindness and generosity in helping a man pay off his debts. Jabir was in debt and asked the Prophet to intercede with his creditors so that they would waive part of the debt, but they refused. The Prophet then instructed Jabir to sort his dates into different kinds, such as 'ajwah on one side, cluster of Ibn Zaid on another side, etc., and send for him. When he arrived, he sat at the head or in the middle of the heaps and told Jabir to measure them out for people until all of his debts were paid off. This hadith teaches us that we should be generous when it comes to paying our debts; even if we don't have enough money or resources to do so, we can still use what we have available in order to help others who are in need. It also shows us how important it is to be kind and compassionate towards those who are less fortunate than us.

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