The ruling on giving a gift or a reward to someone with whom one has a loan

Question : If there was a custom between them of doing so before the loan, or if he rewarded him, there is no harm in this, based on this hadith.

Answer : Who rewarded him? The lender. That is, the borrower gave him a gift, even though it was not his custom to give him gifts, so the lender rewarded him by giving him something equivalent to it. For example, if the borrower gave him a watch worth twenty, the lender rewards him by giving him a pen worth twenty. Otherwise, he should not give anything. This also applies to what is found nowadays, where some students give a gift to a teacher. It is better for the teacher to return it as long as he is teaching him. If he fears that the student’s heart will be broken, let him take it and give him something in return.