أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَی بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ رَجُلًا لَمْ يَعْمَلْ خَيْرًا قَطُّ وَکَانَ يُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ فَيَقُولُ لِرَسُولِهِ خُذْ مَا تَيَسَّرَ وَاتْرُکْ مَا عَسُرَ وَتَجَاوَزْ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی أَنْ يَتَجَاوَزَ عَنَّا فَلَمَّا هَلَکَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُ هَلْ عَمِلْتَ خَيْرًا قَطُّ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنَّهُ کَانَ لِي غُلَامٌ وَکُنْتُ أُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ فَإِذَا بَعَثْتُهُ لِيَتَقَاضَی قُلْتُ لَهُ خُذْ مَا تَيَسَّرَ وَاتْرُکْ مَا عَسُرَ وَتَجَاوَزْ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ يَتَجَاوَزُ عَنَّا قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی قَدْ تَجَاوَزْتُ عَنْکَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4709
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: “There was a man who never did any good deed, but he used to lend to people and he would say to his messenger: ‘Take what can be paid easily and leave what is difficult; let them off, and perhaps Allah, the Most High, will let us off.’ When he died, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, said to him: ‘Did you ever do any good deed?’ He said: ‘No, but I had a slave and I used to lend to people. When I sent him to collect the debts I said to him: Take what can be paid easily and leave what is difficult; let them off, and perhaps Allah will let us off.” Allah, the Most High, said: ‘I have let you off.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020