Loans, Payment of Loans, Freezing of Property, Bankruptcy

Loans, Payment of Loans, Freezing of Property,
Bankruptcy

3.570:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: While I was in the company of
the Prophet 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 Medina, I took
the camel to him in the morning and he paid me its price.
3.571:
Narrated Al−A`mash: When we were with Ibrahim, we talked about
mortgaging in deals of Salam. Ibrahim narrated from Aswad that
`Aisha had said, "The Prophet bought some foodstuff on credit
from a Jew and mortgaged an iron armor to him."
3.572:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet 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."
3.573:
Narrated Abu Dhar: Once, while I was in the company of the
Prophet, 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 Apostle! (What
was) that noise which I heard?" He said, "Did you hear
anything?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Gabriel 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."
3.574:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle 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."
3.575:
Narrated Abu Huraira: A man demanded his debts from Allah's
Apostle in such a rude manner that the companions of the
Prophet intended to harm him, but the Prophet 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 said, "Buy it and give it to him, for the best
among you are those who repay their debts handsomely. "
3.576:
Narrated Hudhaifa: I heard the Prophet 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 businessman 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 said, "I heard the same (Hadith) from the Prophet."
3.577:
Narrated Abu Huraira: A man came to the Prophet and demanded a
camel (the Prophet owed him). Allah's Apostle told his
companions to give him (a camel). They said, "We do not find
except an older camel (than what he demands). (The Prophet
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
Apostle said, "Give him, for the best amongst the people is he
who repays his debts in the most handsome manner."
3.578:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet owed a camel of a certain
age to a man who came to demand it back. The Prophet 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 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
said, "The best amongst you is he who pays his debts in the
most handsome manner."
3.579:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: I went to the Prophet while he
was in the Mosque. (Mas`ar thinks, that Jabir went in the
forenoon.) After the Prophet told me to pray two rak`at, he
repaid me the debt he owed me and gave me an extra amount.
3.580:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: 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 (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 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.
3.581:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: 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
Apostle to intercede with the Jew. Allah's Apostle 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 Apostle 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 Apostle and gave his thirty Awsuq, and still had
seventeen Awsuq extra for myself. Jabir said: I went to
Allah's Apostle 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 Apostle told me to inform
(`Umar) Ibn Al−Khattab about it. When I went to `Umar and told
him about it, `Umar said, "When Allah's Apostle walked in your
garden, I was sure that Allah would definitely bless it."
3.582:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle 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 Apostle! (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."
3.583:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet 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."
3.584:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet 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." (3
3.6) 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."
3.585:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Procrastination
(delay) in repaying debts by a wealthy person is injustice."
3.586:
Narrated Abu Huraira: A man came to the Prophet and demanded
his debts and used harsh words. The companions of the Prophet
wanted to harm him, but the Prophet said, "Leave him, as the
creditor (owner of the right) has the right to speak."
3.587:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If a man finds
his very things with a bankrupt, he has more right to take
them back than anyone else."
3.588:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: A man pledged that his slave
would be manumitted after his death. The Prophet asked, "Who
will buy the slave from me?" Nu'aim bin `Abdullah bought the
slave and the Prophet took its price and gave it to the owner.
3.589:
Narrated Jabir:
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 to intercede with them,
yet they refused. The Prophet said (to me), "Classify your
dates into their different kinds: 'Adha 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 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 and I was
riding one of our camels. The camel got tired and was lagging
behind the others. The Prophet hit it on its back. He said,
"Sell it to me, and you have the right to ride it till
Medina.'' When we approached Medina, I took the permission
from the Prophet to go to my house, saying, "O Allah's
Apostle! I have newly married." The Prophet 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 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
had done to the camel and his hitting it. When the Prophet
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.
3.590:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: A man came to the Prophet and said, "I am
often betrayed in bargaining." The Prophet advised him, "When
you buy something, say (to the seller), 'No deception." The
man used to say so afterwards.
3.591:
Narrated Al−Mughira bin Shu`ba: The Prophet 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).
3.592:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: I heard Allah's Apostle 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 Apostle and I think that the Prophet
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."
3.593:
Narrated `Abdullah: I heard a man reciting a verse (of the
Holy Qur'an) but I had heard the Prophet reciting it
differently. So, I caught hold of the man by the hand and took
him to Allah's Apostle 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). "
3.594:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Two persons, a Muslim and a Jew,
quarreled. The Muslim said, "By Him Who gave Muhammad
superiority over all the people! The Jew said, "By Him Who
gave Moses 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 and informed him of what had happened
between him and the Muslim. The Prophet sent for the Muslim
and asked him about it. The Muslim informed him of the event.
The Prophet said, "Do not give me superiority over Moses, 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 Moses standing and
holding the side of the Throne (of Allah). I will not know
whether (Moses) has also fallen unconscious and got up before
me, or Allah has exempted him from that stroke."
3.595:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: While Allah's Apostle was
sitting, a Jew came and said, "O Abul Qasim! One of your
companions has slapped me on my face." The Prophet asked who
that was. He replied that he was one of the Ansar. The Prophet
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 Moses superiority over all the human beings.' I said, 'O
wicked man! (Has Allah given Moses superiority) even over
Muhammad I became furious and slapped him over his face." The
Prophet 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 Moses standing and holding one of the legs of the
Throne. I will not know whether Moses has fallen unconscious
or the first unconsciousness was sufficient for him."
3.596:
Narrated Anas:
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 ordered that his head be crushed
between two stones.
3.597:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: A man was often cheated in buying. The
Prophet said to him, "When you buy something, say (to the
seller), No cheating." The man used to say so thenceforward .
3.598:
Narrated Jabir:
A man manumitted a slave and he had no other property than
that, so the Prophet canceled the manumission (and sold the
slave for him). Nu'aim bin Al−Nahham bought the slave from
him.
3.599:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Mas`ud: Allah's Apostle 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 who asked me whether I
had a proof of my ownership. When I replied in the negative,
the Prophet asked the Jew to take an oath. I said, "O Allah's
Apostle! 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." (3.77)
3.600:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Ka`b bin Malik: Ka`b demanded his debt
back from Ibn Abi Hadrad in the Mosque and their voices grew
louder till Allah's Apostle 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
Apostle." (He said to him), "Reduce your debt to one half,"
gesturing with his hand. Ka`b said, "I have done so, O Allah's
Apostle!" On that the Prophet said to Ibn Abi Hadrad, "Get up
and repay the debt, to him."
3.601:
Narrated `Umar bin Al−Khattab: I heard Hisham bin Hakim bin
Hizam reciting Surat−al−Furqan in a way different to that of
mine. Allah's Apostle 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
Apostle and said, "I have heard him reciting Surat−al−Furqan
in a way different to the way you taught it to me." The
Prophet ordered me to release him and asked Hisham to recite
it. When he recited it, Allah s Apostle 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."
3.602:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "No doubt, I intended
to order somebody to pronounce the Iqama 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."
3.603:
Narrated Aisha:
Abu bin Zam`a and Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas carried the case of
their claim of the (ownership) of the son of a slave−girl of
Zam`a before the Prophet. Sa`d said, "O Allah's Apostle! My
brother, before his death, told me that when I would return
(to Mecca), 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 is my brother and the son of the
slave−girl of my father, and was born or my father's bed." The
Prophet 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."
3.604:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle 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 Mosque. When Allah's Apostle came up to him; he
asked, "What have you to say, O Thumama?" He replied, "I have
good news, O Muhammad!" Abu Huraira narrated the whole
narration which ended with the order of the Prophet "Release
him!"
3.605:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet 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 Mosque.
3.606:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Ka`b bin Malik Al−Ansari from Ka`b bin
Malik: That `Abdullah bin Abi Hadrad Al−Aslami owed him some
debt. Ka`b met him and caught hold of him and they started
talking and their voices grew loudest. The Prophet 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.