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Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1309

Chapter: What Has Been Related About The Rich Person's Procrastination (Paying Debt) Is Oppression

Authentic 2 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1309

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْهَرَوِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏

"‏ مَطْلُ الْغَنِيِّ ظُلْمٌ وَإِذَا أُحِلْتَ عَلَى مَلِيءٍ فَاتْبَعْهُ وَلاَ تَبِعْ بَيْعَتَيْنِ فِي بَيْعَةٍ ‏"

Narrated Ibn 'Umar:

That the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Procrastination (in paying a debt) by a rich person is oppression. So if your debt is transfered from your debtor you should agree, and do not make two sales in one sale."

[Abu 'Eisa said:] The Hadith is the Abu Hurairah (no. 1308) is a Hasan Sahih Hadith. And its meaning is that when the debt of one of you is transferred then agree. Some of the people of knowledge said when a man is offered to transfer his debt to a rich man and he does so, then the transferor is free of it, he is not to seek its return from the transferor. This is the view of Ash-Shafi'i, Ahmad, and Ishaq. Some of the people of knowledge said: "When this wealth could not be collected due to bankruptcy of the one it was transferred to, then he may seek its return to the first one." They argue this view with the saying of 'Uthman and others, when they said: "There is nothing due on a Muslim's wealth that is lost." Ishaq said: "The meaning of this Hadith: 'There is nothing due on a Muslim's wealth that is lost' this is when a man transfers it to another whom he thinks is wealthy, then he becomes bankrupt, so there is nothing due on the Muslim's wealth that is lost."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 1309), Ibn Majah (No. 2404) and Ahmad (No. 5138).

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Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( فَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ إِذَا أُحِيلَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى مَلِيءٍ فَاحْتَالَهُ ) أَيْ فَقَبِلَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ الْحَوَالَةَ ( وَلَيْسَ لَهُ ) أَيْ لِلرَّجُلِ الْمُحْتَالِ ( أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الْمُحِيلِ ) وَاسْتُدِلَّ عَلَى ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ لَهُ الرُّجُوعُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِاشْتِرَاطِ الْغِنَى فَائِدَةٌ فَلَمَّا شُرِطَ عُلِمَ أَنَّهُ اِنْتَقَلَ اِنْتِقَالًا لَا رُجُوعَ لَهُ كَمَا لَوْ عَوَّضَهُ عَنْ دَيْنِهِ بِعِوَضٍ ثُمَّ تَلِفَ الْعِوَضُ فِي يَدِ صَاحِبِ الدَّيْنِ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ رُجُوعٌ. ( وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ إِذَا تَوِيَ ) كَرَضِىَ أَيْ هَلَكَ ( مَالُ هَذَا ) أَيْ الْمُحْتَالِ ( بِإِفْلَاسِ الْمُحَالِ عَلَيْهِ ) أَيْ مَوْتِهِ ( فَلَهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ عَل…

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Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1309
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf AuthenticHasan Sahih The hadith No. 1309

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  • المعجم الأوسط للطبراني (3735)مَطْلُ الْغَنِيِّ ظُلْمٌ ، وَإِذَا أُحِلْتَ عَلَى مَلِيءٍ فَاحْتَلْ
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  • تاريخ دمشق لابن عساكر (4754)مَطْلُ الْغَنِيِّ ظُلْمٌ ، وَإِذَا أُحِلْتَ عَلَى مَلِيءٍ فَاتْبَعْهُ ، وَلا تَبِعْ بَيْعَتَيْنِ فِي بَيْعَةٍ
  • فوائد ابن أخي ميمي الدقاق (534)مَطْلُ الْغَنِيِّ ظُلْمٌ ، وَإِذَا أُحِلْتَ عَلَى مَلِيءٍ فَاتْبَعْهُ ، وَلا تَبِيعَنَّ بَيْعَتَيْنِ فِي بَيْعَةٍ
  • مشكل الآثار للطحاوي (2322)إِذَا أُحِلْتَ عَلَى مَلِيءٍ فَاتْبَعْهُ .

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Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Riyad as-Salihin 1611

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "It is an act of oppression on the part of a person to procrastinate in fulfilling his obligation; if the repayment of a debt due to any of you is undertaken by a rich person, you should agree to the substitution." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ ‏"‏مطل الغني ظلم وإذا أُتبع أحدكم على مليء فليتبع‏"‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏.‏ معنى ‏"‏أتبع‏"‏‏:‏ أحيل‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

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