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Jami at-Tirmidhi 1309 (Book 14, Hadith 112) #26885
Paying Debts Promptly

SUMMARY: Do not delay in paying debts and do not make two sales in one sale.

Narrated Ibn 'Umar: That the Prophet said: "Procrastination (in paying a debt) by a rich person is oppression. So if your debt is transferred from your debtor you should agree, and do not make two sales in one sale". Abu 'Eisa said: The Hadith is the Abu Hurairah (no. 1308) is a Hasan Sahih Hadith. And its meaning is that when the debt of one of you is transferred then agree. Some of the people of knowledge said when a man is offered to transfer his debt to a rich man and he does so, then the transferor is free of it, he is not to seek its return from the transferor. This is the view of Ash-Shafi'i, Ahmad, and Ishaq. Some of the people of knowledge said: "When this wealth could not be collected due to bankruptcy of the one it was transferred to, then he may seek its return to the first one". They argue this view with the saying of 'Uthman and others, when they said: "There is nothing due on a Muslim's wealth that is lost". Ishaq said: "The meaning of this Hadith: 'There is nothing due on a Muslim's wealth that is lost' this is when a man transfers it to another whom he thinks is wealthy, then he becomes bankrupt, so there is nothing due on the Muslim's wealth that is lost".
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْهَرَوِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَطْلُ الْغَنِيِّ ظُلْمٌ وَإِذَا أُحِلْتَ عَلَى مَلِيءٍ فَاتْبَعْهُ وَلاَ تَبِعْ بَيْعَتَيْنِ فِي بَيْعَةٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ وَمَعْنَاهُ أَنَّهُ إِذَا أُحِيلَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى مَلِيٍّ فَلْيَتْبَعْ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ إِذَا أُحِيلَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى مَلِيٍّ فَاحْتَالَهُ فَقَدْ بَرِئَ الْمُحِيلُ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ عَلَى الْمُحِيلِ ‏.‏ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الشَّافِعِيِّ وَأَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ إِذَا تَوِيَ مَالُ هَذَا بِإِفْلاَسِ الْمُحَالِ عَلَيْهِ فَلَهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ عَلَى الأَوَّلِ ‏.‏ وَاحْتَجُّوا بِقَوْلِ عُثْمَانَ وَغَيْرِهِ حِينَ قَالُوا لَيْسَ عَلَى مَالِ مُسْلِمٍ تَوًى ‏.‏ قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ مَعْنَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ‏"‏ لَيْسَ عَلَى مَالِ مُسْلِمٍ تَوًى ‏"‏ ‏.‏ هَذَا إِذَا أُحِيلَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى آخَرَ وَهُوَ يَرَى أَنَّهُ مَلِيٌّ فَإِذَا هُوَ مُعْدِمٌ فَلَيْسَ عَلَى مَالِ مُسْلِمٍ تَوًى

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debt  *  payment  *  delay  *  sale

QUICK LESSONS:
Pay off debts on time
EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of paying debts promptly. It is narrated by Ibn 'Umar that the Prophet said, “Procrastination in paying a debt by a rich person is oppression”. This means that if someone has money and they are delaying to pay their debt, it is considered an act of oppression. The Prophet also said, “Do not make two sales in one sale” which means that when you are transferring your debt to another person, you should agree to it and do not try to combine two transactions into one transaction. According to some scholars, if the wealth could not be collected due to bankruptcy of the one it was transferred to then he may seek its return from the first one. In other words, if someone transfers their debt but then finds out that the person they transferred it too cannot pay them back due to bankruptcy or any other reason then they can seek its return from where they originally got it from.

The main idea behind this hadith is that we should always strive for promptness when dealing with our financial obligations such as paying off our debts on time and avoiding making multiple transactions at once as this can lead us into trouble financially or legally speaking.

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