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The Meaning of the Hadith: “Take What You Find, and You Have No Right to Anything Beyond That”

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Question:
May Allah’s grace be upon you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
Take what you find; you have no right to anything other than thatخذوا ما وجدتم ليس لكم إلا ذلك
Does this mean that the rest of the debt is waived, even if he is able to pay it off later?

Answer:
No, the debt is not extinguished; it remains in his liability. However,
you have no right to or than thatليس لكم إلا ذلك
Sunan an-Nasa'i 4530Sahih (Darussalam)
Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 17-01-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (56:33)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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