حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ بُکَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ کَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ عَنْ کَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ أَنَّهُ کَانَ لَهُ عَلَی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي حَدْرَدٍ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ مَالٌ فَلَقِيَهُ فَلَزِمَهُ حَتَّی ارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا فَمَرَّ بِهِمَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ يَا کَعْبُ فَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ کَأَنَّهُ يَقُولُ النِّصْفَ فَأَخَذَ نِصْفَ مَا لَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَتَرَکَ نِصْفًا
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 2706
Narrated `Abdullah bin Ka`b bin Malik from Ka`b bin Malik: `Abdullah bin Abu Hadrad Al-Aslami owed Ka`b bin Malik some money. One day the latter met the former and demanded his right, and their voices grew very loud. The Prophet passed by them and said, "O Ka`b," beckoning with his hand as if intending to say, "Deduct half the debts." So, Ka`b took half what the other owed him and remitted the other half.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020