The Complaint of the Creditor Against the Debtor Before the Judge and Granting Respite to the Indigent
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If the borrower is unable to repay the loan when its due date arrives, does the creditor commit a sin if he complains to the judge, while the creditor is wealthy and does not need the money?
The Shaykh:
It is important that he consults, but if the judge establishes that the debtor is indigent, the creditor is required to grant him respite. If he has the means to look at his situation, he should not let him go from the first time by saying, "I am indigent," and leaving it at that; no, he does not let him go.
The questioner:
People today want to say.
The Shaykh:
They claim to be indigent, and if it is established before the judge that he is indigent, then it is obligatory that
The questioner:
he be granted respite.
The Shaykh:
His saying, the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:280] is a revealed verse.
The questioner:
Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If the borrower is unable to repay the loan when its due date arrives, does the creditor commit a sin if he complains to the judge, while the creditor is wealthy and does not need the money?
The Shaykh:
It is important that he consults, but if the judge establishes that the debtor is indigent, the creditor is required to grant him respite. If he has the means to look at his situation, he should not let him go from the first time by saying, "I am indigent," and leaving it at that; no, he does not let him go.
The questioner:
People today want to say.
The Shaykh:
They claim to be indigent, and if it is established before the judge that he is indigent, then it is obligatory that
The questioner:
he be granted respite.
The Shaykh:
His saying, the Exalted:
And if someone is in hardship, then [let there be] postponement
وَإِن كَانَ ذُو عُسْرَةٍ فَنَظِرَةٌ إِلَىٰThe questioner:
Yes.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [51] — alfawzan.live (1:21:53)
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