A deferred debt: if the creditor settles with the debtor before the due date by waiving a portion, what is the ruling?
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The questioner : Shaykh, if it were... perhaps it could be excluded so that people would not accept...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Is he being coerced? We say it is permissible, not that it is obligatory.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : The question is: are you Arab or non-Arab?
The questioner : No, if Allah wills, I am Arab.
The Shaykh : There is a difference between obligatory and permissible.
The questioner : But Shaykh, right now he is in need.
The Shaykh : Who? The student or the one being asked?
The questioner : The second creditor.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : He says to the debtor: if you are able to pay his debt or part of it, give him his right; otherwise, we will waive something from you.
The Shaykh : Correct, he says: if you wish to settle with him for half, a third, a quarter, or the like, do so; otherwise, your right remains until its due date arrives, and then you take it in full.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : If he says, "I will not give it to him until he settles with me," we say he is being coerced...
The Shaykh : It has not come due, may Allah bless you. The debt has not come due yet. All right.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Is he being coerced? We say it is permissible, not that it is obligatory.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : The question is: are you Arab or non-Arab?
The questioner : No, if Allah wills, I am Arab.
The Shaykh : There is a difference between obligatory and permissible.
The questioner : But Shaykh, right now he is in need.
The Shaykh : Who? The student or the one being asked?
The questioner : The second creditor.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : He says to the debtor: if you are able to pay his debt or part of it, give him his right; otherwise, we will waive something from you.
The Shaykh : Correct, he says: if you wish to settle with him for half, a third, a quarter, or the like, do so; otherwise, your right remains until its due date arrives, and then you take it in full.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : If he says, "I will not give it to him until he settles with me," we say he is being coerced...
The Shaykh : It has not come due, may Allah bless you. The debt has not come due yet. All right.