Tarikh (al-Tabari) 376
the accounts of past peoples from the Israelites and others
حَدِيثُ الَّذِي اسْتَسْلَفَ مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ فَأَدَّاهَا قَالَ الْإِمَامُ أَحْمَدُ بسنده عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ سَأَلَ بَعْضَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يُسْلِفَهُ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ فَقَالَ: ائْتِنِي بِشُهَدَاءَ أُشْهِدُهُمْ قَالَ: كَفَى بِاللَّهِ شَهِيدًا قَالَ: ائْتِنِي بِكَفِيلٍ قَالَ: كَفَى بِاللَّهِ كَفِيلًا قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى فَخَرَجَ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُ، ثُمَّ الْتَمَسَ مَرْكَبًا يَقْدَمُ عَلَيْهِ لِلْأَجْلِ الَّذِي كَانَ أَجَّلَهُ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ مَرْكَبًا فَأَخَذَ خَشَبَةً فَنَقَرَهَا، وَأَدْخَلَ فِيهَا أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ، وَصَحِيفَةً مَعَهَا إِلَى صَاحِبِهَا، ثُمَّ زَجَّجَ مَوْضِعَهَا، ثُمَّ أَتَى بِهَا الْبَحْرَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنِّي اسْتَلَفْتُ مِنْ فُلَانٍ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ فَسَأَلَنِي كَفِيلًا فَقُلْتُ: كَفَى بِاللَّهِ كَفِيلًا فَرَضِيَ بِذَلِكَ، وَسَأَلَنِي شَهِيدًا فَقُلْتُ: كَفَى بِاللَّهِ شَهِيدًا فَرَضِيَ بِذَلِكَ، وَإِنِّي قَدْ جَهِدْتُ أَنْ أَجِدَ مَرْكَبًا أَبْعَثُ إِلَيْهِ بِالَّذِي لَهُ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ مَرْكَبًا، وَإِنِّي اسْتَوْدَعْتُكَهَا فَرَمَى بِهَا فِي الْبَحْرِ حَتَّى وَلَجَتْ فِيهِ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ يَنْظُرُ وَهُوَ فِي ذَلِكَ يَطْلُبُ مَرْكَبًا إِلَى بَلَدِهِ فَخَرَجَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي كَانَ أَسْلَفَهُ يَنْظُرُ لَعَلَّ مَرْكَبًا يَجِيءُ بِمَالِهِ فَاذَا بِالْخَشَبَةِ الَّتِي فِيهَا الْمَالُ فَأَخَذَهَا لِأَهْلِهِ حَطَبًا فَلَمَّا كَسَرَهَا وَجَدَ الْمَالَ وَالصَّحِيفَةَ، ثُمَّ قَدِمَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي كَانَ تَسَلَّفَ مِنْهُ فَأَتَاهُ بِأَلْفِ دِينَارٍ، وَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ مَا زِلْتُ جَاهِدًا فِي طَلَبِ مَرْكَبٍ لِآتِيَكَ بِمَالِكَ فَمَا وَجَدْتُ مَرْكَبًا قَبْلَ الَّذِي أَتَيْتُ فِيهِ، قَالَ: هَلْ كُنْتَ بَعَثْتَ إِلَيَّ بِشَيْءٍ قَالَ: أَلَمْ أُخْبِرْكَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَجِدْ مَرْكَبًا قَبْلَ هَذَا الَّذِي جِئْتُ فِيهِ، قَالَ: فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَدَّى عَنْكَ الَّذِي بَعَثْتَ بِهِ فِي الْخَشَبَةِ فَانْصَرِفْ بِأَلْفِكَ رَاشِدًا
Translation
✧ The account of the one who borrowed a thousand dinars from his companion and repaid them Imam Ahmad said with his chain of transmission, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, that he mentioned that a man from the Children of Israel asked one of the Children of Israel to lend him a thousand dinars. He said: “Bring me witnesses whom I can call to testify.” He said: “Allah is sufficient as a witness.” He said: “Bring me a guarantor.” He said: “Allah is sufficient as a guarantor.” He said: “You have spoken the truth.” So he handed the money over to him until a specified term. Then he went out to sea and accomplished his need. Then he sought a ship that would bring him back by the term he had appointed, but he did not find a ship. So he took a piece of wood and hollowed it out, and placed in it the thousand dinars, along with a letter to its owner. Then he sealed its place. Then he brought it to the sea, then said: “O Allah, You know that I borrowed a thousand dinars from so-and-so. He asked me for a guarantor, and I said: Allah is sufficient as a guarantor, and he accepted that. He asked me for a witness, and I said: Allah is sufficient as a witness, and he accepted that. I have striven to find a ship to send him what is his, but I did not find a ship. I entrust it to You.” Then he threw it into the sea until it disappeared within. Then he went away, looking for a ship, and while doing so he sought a ship to his land. The man who had lent him went out looking, hoping a ship might come with his wealth, and behold, there was the piece of wood containing the wealth. He took it for his family as firewood. When he broke it, he found the wealth and the letter. Then the man who had borrowed from him arrived and brought him a thousand dinars, and said: “By Allah, I have not ceased striving to find a ship to bring you your wealth, but I found no ship before the one on which I came.” He said: “Did you send me anything?” He said: “Did I not tell you that I found no ship before this one on which I came?” He said: “Indeed, Allah has repaid on your behalf what you sent in the piece of wood. So depart with your thousand dinars, rightly guided.”
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