Chapter 43: Loans, Payment of Loans, Freezing of Property, Bankruptcy
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: When my father died he owed a Jew thirty Awsuq (of dates). I requested him to give me respite for
repaying but he refused. I requested Allah' s Messenger (ﷺ) to intercede with the Jew. Allah' s Messenger (ﷺ) went to
the Jew and asked him to accept the fruits of my trees in place of the debt but the Jew refused. Allah' s
Apostle entered the garden of the date-palms, wandering among the trees and ordered me (saying),
"Pluck (the fruits) and give him his due." So, I plucked the fruits for him after the departure of Allah' s
Apostle and gave his thirty Awsuq, and still had seventeen Awsuq extra for myself. Jabir said: I went
to Allah' s Messenger (ﷺ) to inform of what had happened, but found him praying the 'Asr prayer. After the
prayer I told him about the extra fruits which remained. Allah' s Messenger (ﷺ) told me to inform (' Umar) Ibn
Al-Khattab about it. When I went to 'Umar and told him about it, 'Umar said, "When Allah' s Messenger (ﷺ)
walked in your garden, I was sure that Allah would definitely bless it."
Sahih al-Bukhari 2396