حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَائِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اسْتَسْلَفَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ بَکْرًا وَقَالَ إِذَا جَائَتْ إِبِلُ الصَّدَقَةِ قَضَيْنَاکَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتْ قَالَ يَا أَبَا رَافِعٍ اقْضِ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ بَکْرَهُ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ إِلَّا رَبَاعِيًا فَصَاعِدًا فَأَخْبَرْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ أَعْطِهِ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ أَحْسَنُهُمْ قَضَائً
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 2285
It was narrated from Abu Rafi' that the Prophet P.B.U.H asked a man to give as a loan a young camel and said: "When the camels of the Sadaqah come, we will pay you back." When the camels came, he said: "0 Abu Rafi', pay this man back for his young camel." But all I could find was a seven-year-old camel or that which is better. I told the Prophet P.B.U.H and he said: "Give it to him, for the best of people are those who are best in repaying." (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020