Explanation of Riyad al-Salihin-73a
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The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) quoted, in the context of the hadiths in the chapter on the virtue of leniency in buying and selling, "From Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1306Sahih (Darussalam) Al-Tirmidhi narrated it and said: It is a good, authentic hadith. And from Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) Riyad as-Salihin 1374 Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim. And from Suwayd ibn Qays (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi narrated it, and he said: It is a good, authentic hadith".
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
These are the remaining hadiths regarding the virtue of leniency in buying and selling, and in paying and collecting debts. Many hadiths on this subject have already been mentioned. The hadiths quoted by the author (may Allah have mercy on him) concern the one who gives respite to one who is in difficulty or relieves him of his debt, for Allah the Exalted will shade him in His shade on a day when there is no shade except His. Giving respite means delaying him until Allah makes him wealthy, and this is obligatory, as previously indicated. However, relieving him of the debt is better and more complete, because if he relieves him, his liability is cleared. But if he only gives him respite, he has merely delayed him, and the debtor's liability remains occupied and has not been released. Then he mentioned two hadiths that also refer to weighing and giving more. The hadith of Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) states that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) bought from him, so he weighed for him and gave him more, meaning he made the weight heavier. This is because they used to deal in currency by weight rather than by count, although they also dealt with it by count. However, the larger amounts were by weight, as stated in the hadith:Sunan an-Nasa'i 2486Sahih (Darussalam) The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) weighed for him and gave him more, meaning he gave him more than what he was entitled to. Thus, a person should, when paying, pay in full without any deficiency, and if he gives more, that is better. And success is from Allah.
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) quoted, in the context of the hadiths in the chapter on the virtue of leniency in buying and selling, "From Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever grants respite to an indigent or alleviates it for him, Allah will shade him on the Day of Judgement under His Throne, a Day in which there is no shade except His shade."
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: من أنظر معسرًا أو وضع له أظله الله يوم القيامة تحت ظل عرشه يوم لا ظل إلا ظلهThe Prophet (ﷺ) purchased a camel from me and weighed more than its price.
أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم اشترى منه بعيرًا فوزن له فأرجحI and Mukhrama al-'Abdi brought a piece of cloth from Hajar, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us and offered us a pair of trousers in exchange. I had a scale that weighed by weight, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the weigher: Weigh and give him more.
جلبت أنا ومخرمة العبدي بزًّا من هجر فجاءنا النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فساومنا سراويل وعندنا وزان يزن بالأجر، فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم للوزان: زن وأرجحThe Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
These are the remaining hadiths regarding the virtue of leniency in buying and selling, and in paying and collecting debts. Many hadiths on this subject have already been mentioned. The hadiths quoted by the author (may Allah have mercy on him) concern the one who gives respite to one who is in difficulty or relieves him of his debt, for Allah the Exalted will shade him in His shade on a day when there is no shade except His. Giving respite means delaying him until Allah makes him wealthy, and this is obligatory, as previously indicated. However, relieving him of the debt is better and more complete, because if he relieves him, his liability is cleared. But if he only gives him respite, he has merely delayed him, and the debtor's liability remains occupied and has not been released. Then he mentioned two hadiths that also refer to weighing and giving more. The hadith of Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) states that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) bought from him, so he weighed for him and gave him more, meaning he made the weight heavier. This is because they used to deal in currency by weight rather than by count, although they also dealt with it by count. However, the larger amounts were by weight, as stated in the hadith: