If the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not pray over the one who had a debt upon him, is this specific to him?

The questioner : He says: If the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not pray over the one who had a debt upon him, is this specific to him (peace and blessings be upon him), meaning the non-prayer over the debtor, and why do some imams not ask about the deceased over whom they pray?

The Shaykh : The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used not to pray over the one who had a debt with no means to pay it, as we have said. But when Allah opened [the way for him], he would say: , so he would pay off the debts of the people and pray over them. As for others, the correct view is that there is a distinction in this. If the man has standing in the community, and if the prayer is left off for this debtor, the people will take a lesson from it and reduce the debts upon them, then let him do so, following the example of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). But if he is from the common people, and if the prayer is left off for the debtor, the people will not stop from debt, and it will only increase their schadenfreude and cursing of him, then he should not do it. There is a difference between a man who has standing and consideration in the community, where if he does something, the people follow him and imitate him, and another person who does not have this standing, where doing so will only increase cursing and abuse for him, so he should not do it; he is in no need of this.