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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on delaying the repayment of a debt while having the ability to do so, and the good news for one who intended to repay the debt but was unable to do so

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Question:
Is it true, Honorable Shaykh, that one who dies with a debt that he is unable to repay is forgiven?

Answer:
In the hadith, it is stated that one who
Whoever takes the money of people intending to destroy it, Allah will destroy him in this world and the Hereafter. And whoever takes the money of people intending to repay it, Allah will repay it for him in this world and the Hereafter.من اخذ اموال الناس يريد اتلافها اتلفه الله في الدنيا والاخره ومن اخذ اموال الناس يريد ادائها ادى الله عنه في الدنيا والاخره
this is according to the intention of the borrower. If he took the loan with a good intention to fulfill his need, and he intended and resolved to repay it, but he was unable to do so and died without repaying it, then Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, will bear that for him on the Day of Resurrection.
Allah will pay it off for him in this world and the Hereafter, or Allah will make it easy for someone to pay off his debts for him. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will make it easy for one of his children, relatives, or any of the Muslims to pay off his debts for him because of his good intention. Praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5047- حكم المماطلة في سداد الدين مع القدرة، وبشارة لمن نوى سدَّ الدين فعجز عن ذلك - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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