What is the guidance for one who borrows and gives the owner of the money the impression that he is able to repay?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. Some people borrow from here and there, Shaykh Salih, and their outward appearance is that they are not in financial distress, but it is just stalling, as you have mentioned. Also, is there a word that would move hearts on this matter? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
One should be truthful in this.
The presenter:
We seek help from Allah.
The Shaykh:
He should not deceive people, nor show them that he is able to fulfill his obligations, that he is wealthy, and that he will pay them when they ask, when in reality that is not the case. For this is deception, and it is fraud and trickery. It is obligatory for the Muslim to be truthful in his dealings with people and to fulfill their rights when they are demanded and when they become due, without stalling them. One loves for people what he loves to be given to him. So, if this person had lent to someone and given him his money, and then that person asked for it and he withheld it from him, what would his state be?
He would suffer and be hurt by it, and he would be angry with the one who stalled him and tricked him. So how is it that he is pleased for people to be wronged and hurt, but he is not pleased for that to happen to himself? A person measures people by himself. And in the hadith,Sahih al-Bukhari 13 The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "What is the hadith for the one who wants his sins to be forgiven and to enter Paradise?" Or as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said,
The presenter:
Good. May Allah reward you with good and do you well. Our brother at the end of this topic asks.
The Shaykh:
He said (peace and blessings be upon him), "Whoever loves to enter Paradise, let him be kept away from the Fire."
The presenter:
Good, good.
The Shaykh:
He loves to enter Paradise and be kept away from the Fire, so let him meet his end while he believes in Allah and His Messenger, and let him give to people what he loves to be given to him.
The presenter:
We seek help from Allah. May Allah reward you with good.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. Some people borrow from here and there, Shaykh Salih, and their outward appearance is that they are not in financial distress, but it is just stalling, as you have mentioned. Also, is there a word that would move hearts on this matter? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
One should be truthful in this.
The presenter:
We seek help from Allah.
The Shaykh:
He should not deceive people, nor show them that he is able to fulfill his obligations, that he is wealthy, and that he will pay them when they ask, when in reality that is not the case. For this is deception, and it is fraud and trickery. It is obligatory for the Muslim to be truthful in his dealings with people and to fulfill their rights when they are demanded and when they become due, without stalling them. One loves for people what he loves to be given to him. So, if this person had lent to someone and given him his money, and then that person asked for it and he withheld it from him, what would his state be?
He would suffer and be hurt by it, and he would be angry with the one who stalled him and tricked him. So how is it that he is pleased for people to be wronged and hurt, but he is not pleased for that to happen to himself? A person measures people by himself. And in the hadith,
None of you will have faith till he wishes for his (Muslim) brother what he likes for himself.
لا يؤمن أحدكم حتى يحب لأخيه ما يحب لنفسه،Let him meet his end while he believes in Allah and His Messenger, and let him give to people what he loves to be given to him.
فلتأته منيته وهو يؤمن بالله ورسوله، وليأتي إلى الناس ما يحب أن يؤتى إليه،The presenter:
Good. May Allah reward you with good and do you well. Our brother at the end of this topic asks.
The Shaykh:
He said (peace and blessings be upon him),
Whoever loves
من أحب أنThe presenter:
Good, good.
The Shaykh:
He loves to enter Paradise and be kept away from the Fire, so let him meet his end while he believes in Allah and His Messenger, and let him give to people what he loves to be given to him.
The presenter:
We seek help from Allah. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4051- ما التوجيه فيمن يقترض ويوهم صاحب المال أنه قادر على السداد؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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