أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ تُوُفِّيَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَرَامٍ قَالَ وَتَرَکَ دَيْنًا فَاسْتَشْفَعْتُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَی غُرَمَائِهِ أَنْ يَضَعُوا مِنْ دَيْنِهِ شَيْئًا فَطَلَبَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَأَبَوْا فَقَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اذْهَبْ فَصَنِّفْ تَمْرَکَ أَصْنَافًا الْعَجْوَةَ عَلَی حِدَةٍ وَعِذْقَ ابْنِ زَيْدٍ عَلَی حِدَةٍ وَأَصْنَافَهُ ثُمَّ ابْعَثْ إِلَيَّ قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ فَجَائَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَجَلَسَ فِي أَعْلَاهُ أَوْ فِي أَوْسَطِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ کِلْ لِلْقَوْمِ قَالَ فَکِلْتُ لَهُمْ حَتَّی أَوْفَيْتُهُمْ ثُمَّ بَقِيَ تَمْرِي کَأَنْ لَمْ يَنْقُصْ مِنْهُ شَيْئٌ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3673
It was narrated that Jabir said: “Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin Haram died, leaving behind debts. I asked the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم to intercede with his creditors so that they would waive part of the debt. He asked them to do that but they refused. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said to me: ‘Go and sort your dates into their different kinds: The Ajwah on one side, the cluster of Ibn Zaid on another side, and so on. Then send for me.’ I did that, then the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم came and sat at the head or in the middle of the heaps. Then he said: ‘Measure them out for the people.’ So I measured them out for them until I had paid them all off, and my dates were left as if nothing had been taken from them.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020