Is writing down a debt obligatory, or is it less than the rank of obligatory as in the verse of debt?
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The questioner : Shaykh, writing down the debt in the verse of debt, in the verse: [Al-Baqarah 2:282].
The Shaykh : It is not in this verse.
The questioner : It is not... in the end of the verse:[Al-Baqarah 2:283] This is the indication that led him... meaning some of the brothers object and say, did not Ibn al-Qayyim say that... he brought the hadith which is three, and among them was the one who was...
The Shaykh : Yes, this statement is actually valid, but as we always say... it is what should be gathered, all that relates to the issue.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So we find in the Sunnah that people differ from one another without there being writing, and the practice of writing or not writing is the greatest proof that this matter is not for obligation. So either the command is for recommendation, or it is for the cause that was indicated at the end of the verse, it is clear.
O you who have believed, when you contract a debt
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا تَدَايَنْتُمْ بِدَيْنٍThe Shaykh : It is not in this verse.
The questioner : It is not... in the end of the verse:
and cannot find a scribe, then a security deposit [should be] taken
... كَاتِبًا فَرِهَانٌ مَقْبُوضَةٌ ...The Shaykh : Yes, this statement is actually valid, but as we always say... it is what should be gathered, all that relates to the issue.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So we find in the Sunnah that people differ from one another without there being writing, and the practice of writing or not writing is the greatest proof that this matter is not for obligation. So either the command is for recommendation, or it is for the cause that was indicated at the end of the verse, it is clear.
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