The ruling on the issue of reducing the debt and hastening its payment
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is meant by the issue of reducing the debt and hastening its payment? Is it permissible? If you have a debt due from a person at a later date, and you say to him, “Give me some of it now, and I will drop the rest,” the scholars have differed on this. Ibn al-Qayyim permitted it, while others say no. This is like saying, “Delay it and increase it,” or “Delay it and increase it.”
Answer:
That is, they compared it to changing the debt for a person in financial difficulty. There is scholarly disagreement on this issue. Ibn al-Qayyim held that it is permissible to reduce the debt and hasten its payment. Because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the Jews when he wanted to expel them, and they had debts, “Reduce them and hasten their payment.” Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is meant by the issue of reducing the debt and hastening its payment? Is it permissible? If you have a debt due from a person at a later date, and you say to him, “Give me some of it now, and I will drop the rest,” the scholars have differed on this. Ibn al-Qayyim permitted it, while others say no. This is like saying, “Delay it and increase it,” or “Delay it and increase it.”
Answer:
That is, they compared it to changing the debt for a person in financial difficulty. There is scholarly disagreement on this issue. Ibn al-Qayyim held that it is permissible to reduce the debt and hasten its payment. Because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the Jews when he wanted to expel them, and they had debts, “Reduce them and hasten their payment.” Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما المراد بمسألة ضع وتعجل؟ وهل هي جائزة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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