Book Forty One – The Book on Loans, Payment of Loans, Freezing Property, etc

Hadith Number 570.

Narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): While I was in the company of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) in one of his Ghazawat, he asked, "What is wrong with your camel? Will you sell it?" I replied in the affirmative and sold it to him. When he reached Al-Madinah, I took the camel to him in the morning and he paid me its price.


Hadith Number 571.

Narrated by Al-Amash: When we were with Ibrahim, we talked about mortgaging in deals of Salam. Ibrahim narrated from Aswad that 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha) had said, "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) bought some foodstuff on credit from a Jew and mortgaged an iron armour to him."


Hadith Number 572.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Whoever takes the money of the people with the intention of repaying it, Allah will repay it on his behalf, and whoever takes it in order to spoil it, then Allah will spoil him."


Hadith Number 573.

Narrated by Abu Dhar (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Once, while I was in the company of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), he saw the mountain of Uhud and said, "I would not like to have this mountain turned into gold for me unless nothing of it, not even a single Dinar remains of it with me for more than three days (i.e. I will spend all of it in Allah's Cause), except that Dinar which I will keep for repaying debts." Then he said, "Those who are rich in this world would have little reward in the Hereafter except those who spend their money here and there (in Allah's Cause), and they are few in number." Then he ordered me to stay at my place and went not far away. I heard a voice and intended to go to him but I remembered his order, "Stay at your place till I return." On his return I said, "O Allah's Messenger! (What was) that noise which I heard?" He said, "Did you hear anything?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Jibril (Alayhi Salam) came and said to me, 'Whoever amongst your followers dies, worshipping none along with Allah, will enter Paradise.' " I said, "Even if he did such-and-such things (i.e. even if he stole or committed illegal sexual intercourse)" He said, "Yes."


Hadith Number 574.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "If I had gold equal to the mountain of Uhud, it would not please me that it should remain with me for more than three days, except an amount which I would keep for repaying debts."


Hadith Number 575.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man demanded his debts from Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) in such a rude manner that the companions of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) intended to harm him, but the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Leave him, no doubt, for he (the creditor) has the right to demand it (harshly). Buy a camel and give it to him." They said, "The camel that is available is older than the camel he demands. "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Buy it and give it to him, for the best among you are those who repay their debts handsomely."


Hadith Number 576.

Narrated by Hudhaifa (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I heard the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying, "Once a man died and was asked, 'What did you use to say (or do) (in your life time)?' He replied, 'I was a business-man and used to give time to the rich to repay his debt and (used to) deduct part of the debt of the poor.' So he was forgiven (his sins.)" Abu Mas’ud (Radhi Allahu Anhu) said, "I heard the same (Hadith) from the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)."


Hadith Number 577.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and demanded a camel (the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) owed him). Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) told his companions to give him (a camel). They said, "We do not find except an older camel (than what he demands). (The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) ordered them to give him that camel). The man said, "You have paid me in full and may Allah also pay you in full." Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Give him, for the best amongst the people is he who repays his debts in the most handsome manner."

Hadith Number 578.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) owed a camel of a certain age to a man who came to demand it back. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) ordered his companions to give him. They looked for a camel of the same age but found nothing but a camel one year older. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) told them to give it to him. The man said, "You have paid me in full, and may Allah pay you in full." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "The best amongst you is he who pays his debts in the most handsome manner."


Hadith Number 579.

Narrated by Jabir bin Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I went to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) while he was in the Masjid. (Mis'ar thinks, that Jabir went in the forenoon.) After the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) told me to pray two Rakat, he repayed me the debt he owed me and gave me an extra amount.


Hadith Number 580.

Narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): My father was martyred on the day (of the battle) of Uhud, and he was in debt. His creditors demanded their rights persistently. I went to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) (and informed him about it). He told them to take the fruits of my garden and exempt my father from the debts but they refused to do so. So, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) did not give them my garden and told me that he would come to me the next morning. He came to us early in the morning and wandered among the date-palms and invoked Allah to bless their fruits. I then plucked the dates and paid the creditors, and there remained some of the dates for us.


Hadith Number 581.

Narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): When my father died he owed a Jew thirty Awsuq (of dates). I requested him to give me respite for repaying but he refused. I requested Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) to intercede with the Jew. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) went to the Jew and asked him to accept the fruits of my trees in place of the debt but the Jew refused. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) entered the garden of the date-palms, wandering among the trees and ordered me (saying), "Pluck (the fruits) and give him his due." So, I plucked the fruits for him after the departure of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and gave his thirty Awsuq, and still had seventeen Awsuq extra for myself. Jabir (Radhi Allahu Anhu) said: I went to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) to inform of what had happened, but found him praying the 'Asr prayer. After the prayer I told him about the extra fruits which remained. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) told me to inform (Umar) Ibn Al-Khattab (Radhi Allahu Anhu) about it. When I went to 'Umar and told him about it, 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhu) said, "When Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) walked in your garden, I was sure that Allah would definitely bless it."


Hadith Number 582.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to invoke Allah in the prayer saying, "O Allah, I seek refuge with you from all sins, and from being in debt." Someone said, O Allah's Messenger! (I see you) very often you seek refuge with Allah from being in debt. He replied, "If a person is in debt, he tells lies when he speaks, and breaks his promises when he promises."


Hadith Number 583.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "If someone leaves some property, it will be for the inheritors, and if he leaves some weak offspring, it will be for us to support them."


Hadith Number 584.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "I am closer to the believers than their selves in this world and in the Hereafter, and if you like, you can read Allah's Statement: "The Prophet is closer to the believers than their own selves." (Surah Al-Ahzab 33:6) So, if a true believer dies and leaves behind some property, it will be for his inheritors (from the father's side), and if he leaves behind some debt to be paid or needy offspring, then they should come to me as I am the guardian of the deceased."


Hadith Number 585.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Procrastination (delay) in repaying debts by a wealthy person is injustice."

Hadith Number 586.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and demanded his debts and used harsh words. The companions of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) wanted to harm him, but the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Leave him, as the creditor (owner of the right) has the right to speak."


Hadith Number 587.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "If a man finds his very things with a bankrupt, he has more right to take them back than anyone else."


Hadith Number 588.

Narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man pledged that his slave would be manumitted after his death. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) asked, "Who will buy the slave from me?" (*) No'aim bin 'Abdullah bought the slave and the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) took its price and gave it to the owner.

* The man became in need or in debt, so the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) sold the slave for him although he had promised that he would be manumitted after his death.s


Hadith Number 589.

Narrated by Jabir (Radhi Allahu Anhu): When 'Abdullah (my father) died, he left behind children and debts. I asked the lenders to put down some of his debt, but they refused, so I went to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) to intercede with them, yet they refused. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said (to me), "Classify your dates into their different kinds: 'Adhq bin Zaid, Lean and 'Ajwa, each kind alone and call all the creditors and wait till I come to you." I did so and the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came and sat beside the dates and started measuring to each his due till he paid them fully, and the amount of dates remained as it was before, as if he had not touched them.

(On another occasion) I took part in one of Ghazawat among with the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and I was riding one of our camels. The camel got tired and was lagging behind the others. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) hit it on its back. He said, "Sell it to me, and you have the right to ride it till Al-Madinah.'' When we approached Al-Madinah, I took the permission from the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) to go to my house, saying, "O Allah's Messenger! I have newly married." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) asked, "Have you married a virgin or a matron (a widow or divorcee)?" I said, "I have married a matron, as 'Abdullah (my father) died and left behind daughters small in their ages, so I married a matron who may teach them and bring them up with good manners." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) then said (to me), "Go to your family." When I went there and told my maternal uncle about the selling of the camel, he admonished me for it. On that I told him about its slowness and exhaustion and about what the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had done to the camel and his hitting it. When the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) arrived, I went to him with the camel in the morning and he gave me its price, the camel itself, and my share from the war booty as he gave the other people.


Hadith Number 590.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "I am often betrayed in bargaining." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) advised him, "When you buy something, say (to the seller), 'No deception." The man used to say so afterwards.


Hadith Number 591.

Narrated by Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Allah has forbidden for you,

(1) to be undutiful to your mothers,
(2) to bury your daughters alive,
(3) to not to pay the rights of the others (e.g. charity, etc.) and
(4) to beg of men (begging).

And Allah has hated for you

(1) vain, useless talk, or that you talk too much about others,
(2) to ask too many questions, (in disputed religious matters) and
(3) to waste the wealth (by extravagance).


Hadith Number 592.

Narrated by Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): I heard Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying, "Everyone of you is a guardian, and responsible for what is in his custody. The ruler is a guardian of his subjects and responsible for them; a husband is a guardian of his family and is responsible for it; a lady is a guardian of her husband's house and is responsible for it, and a servant is a guardian of his master's property and is responsible for it." I heard that from Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and I think that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) also said, "A man is a guardian of is father's property and is responsible for it, so all of you are guardians and responsible for your wards and things under your care."

Hadith Number 593.

Narrated by 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): I heard a man reciting a verse (of the Holy Qur'an) but I had heard the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) reciting it differently. So, I caught hold of the man by the hand and took him to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) who said, "Both of you are right." Shu'ba, the sub-narrator said, "I think he said to them, "Don't differ, for the nations before you differed and perished (because of their differences)."


Hadith Number 594.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Two persons, a Muslim and a Jew, quarrelled. The Muslim said, "By Him Who gave Muhammad superiority over all the people! The Jew said, "By Him Who gave Musa superiority over all the people!" At that the Muslim raised his hand and slapped the Jew on the face. The Jew went to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and informed him of what had happened between him and the Muslim. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) sent for the Muslim and asked him about it. The Muslim informed him of the event. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Do not give me superiority over Musa, for on the Day of Resurrection all the people will fall unconscious and I will be one of them, but I will be the first to gain consciousness, and will see Musa standing and holding the side of the Throne (of Allah). I will not know whether (Musa) has also fallen unconscious and got up before me, or Allah has exempted him from that stroke." (*)


* This is an allusion to the event where Musa (Alayhi Salam) fell unconscious on wishing to see Allah when he was besides the mountain. (Surah Al-A’raf 7: 143)


Hadith Number 595.

Narrated by Abu Said Al-Khudri (Radhi Allahu Anhu): While Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was sitting, a Jew came and said, "O Abul Qasim! One of your companions has slapped me on my face." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) asked who that was. He replied that he was one of the Ansar. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) sent for him, and on his arrival, he asked him whether he had beaten the Jew. He (replied in the affirmative and) said, "I heard him taking an oath in the market saying, 'By Him Who gave Musa superiority over all the human beings.' I said, 'O wicked man! (Has Allah given Musa superiority) even over Muhammad I became furious and slapped him over his face." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Do not give a Prophet superiority over another, for on the Day of Resurrection all the people will fall unconscious and I will be the first to emerge from the earth, and will see Musa (Alayhi Salam) standing and holding one of the legs of the Throne. I will not know whether Musa (Alayhi Salam) has fallen unconscious or the first unconsciousness was sufficient for him."


Hadith Number 596.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A Jew crushed the head of a girl between two stones. The girl was asked who had crushed her head, and some names were mentioned before her, and when the name of the Jew was mentioned, she nodded agreeing. The Jew was captured and when he confessed, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) ordered that his head be crushed between two stones.


Hadith Number 597.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): A man was often cheated in buying. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said to him, "When you buy something, say (to the seller), No cheating." The man used to say so thence forward.


Hadith Number 598.

Narrated by Jabir (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man manumitted a slave and he had no other property than that, so the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) cancelled the manumission (and sold the slave for him). No'aim bin Al-Nahham (Radhi Allahu Anhu) bought the slave from him.


Hadith Number 599.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Whoever takes a false oath so as to take the property of a Muslim (illegally) will meet Allah while He will be angry with him." Al-Ash'ath said: By Allah, that saying concerned me. I had common land with a Jew, and the Jew later on denied my ownership, so I took him to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) who asked me whether I had a proof of my ownership. When I replied in the negative, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) asked the Jew to take an oath. I said, "O Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)! He will take an oath and deprive me of my property." So, Allah revealed the following verse: "Verily! Those who purchase a little gain at the cost of Allah's covenant and their oaths." (Surah Aal-‘Imran 3: 77)

Hadith Number 600.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin Ka'b bin Malik : Ka'b (Radhi Allahu Anhu) demanded his debt back from Ibn Abi Hadrad (Radhi Allahu Anhu) in the Masjid and their voices grew louder till Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) heard them while he was in his house. He came out to them raising the curtain of his room and addressed Ka'b, "O Ka'b!" Ka'b replied, "Labaik, O Allah's Messenger!" (He said to him), "Reduce your debt to one half," gesturing with his hand. Kab said, "I have done so, O Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)!" On that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said to Ibn Abi Hadrad, "Get up and repay the debt, to him."


Hadith Number 601.

Narrated by 'Umar bin Al-Khattab (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I heard Hisham bin Hakim bin Hizam reciting Surat-al-Furqan in a way different to that of mine. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had taught it to me (in a different way). So, I was about to quarrel with him (during the prayer) but I waited till he finished, then I tied his garment round his neck and seized him by it and brought him to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "I have heard him reciting Surat-al-Furqan in a way different to the way you taught it to me." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) ordered me to release him and asked Hisham to recite it. When he recited it, Allah s Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "It was revealed in this way." He then asked me to recite it. When I recited it, he said, "It was revealed in this way. The Qur'an has been revealed in seven different ways, so recite it in the way that is easier for you."


Hadith Number 602.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "No doubt, I intended to order somebody to pronounce the Iqamah of the (compulsory congregational) prayer and then I would go to the houses of those who do not attend the prayer and burn their houses over them."


Hadith Number 603.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): Abu bin Zam'a and Sad bin Abi Waqqas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma) carried the case of their claim of the (ownership) of the son of a slave-qirl of Zam'a before the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). Sad said, "O Allah's Messenger! My brother, before his death, told me that when I would return (to Makkah), I should search for the son of the slave-girl of Zam'a and take him into my custody as he was his son." 'Abu bin Zam'a said, 'the boy is my brother and the son of the slave-girl of my father, and was born or my father's bed." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) noticed a resemblance between Utba and the boy but he said, "O 'Abu bin Zam'a! You will get this boy, as the son goes to the owner of the bed. You, Sauda, screen yourself from the boy."


Hadith Number 604.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) sent horsemen to Najd and they arrested and brought a man called Thumama bin Uthal, the chief of Yamama, and they fastened him to one of the pillars of the Masjid. When Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came up to him; he asked, "What have you to say, O Thumama?" He replied, "I have good news, O Muhammad!" Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu) narrated the whole narration which ended with the order of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) "Release him!"


Hadith Number 605.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) sent some horsemen to Najd and they arrested and brought a man called Thumama bin Uthal from the tribe of Bani Hanifa, and they fastened him to one of the pillars of the Masjid.


Hadith Number 606.

Allahu Anhu) that, 'Abdullah bin Abi Hadrad Al-Aslami (Radhi Allahu Anhu) owed him some debt. Ka'b met him and caught hold of him and they started talking and their voices grew loudest. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) passed by them and addressed Ka'b, pointing out to him to reduce the debt to one half. So, Ka'b got one half of the debt and exempted the debtor from the other half.

Hadith Number 607.

Narrated by Khabbab (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I was a blacksmith In the Pre-Islamic period of ignorance, and 'Asi bin Wail owed me some money. I went to him to demand it, but he said to me, "I will not pay you unless you reject faith in Muhammad." I replied, "By Allah, I will never disbelieve Muhammad till Allah let you die and then resurrect you." He said, "Then wait till I die and come to life again, for then I will be given property and offspring and will pay your right." So, thus revelation came: cg3 "Have you seen him who disbelieved in Our signs and yet says, 'I will be given property and offspring?'" (Surah Maryam 19:77) [/color]