صحیح مسلم · Hadith 3982

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleeased with him) reported that in the time of Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) a man suffered loss in fruits he had bought and his debt increased; so Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) told (the people) to give him charity and they gave him charity, but that was not enough to pay the debt in full, whereupon Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) said to his creditors: Take what you find, you will have nothing but alms.

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020