al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6247
✧ Good treatment and gentleness in demanding.
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أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ رَجُلًا لَمْ يَعْمَلْ خَيْرًا قَطُّ وَكَانَ يُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ فَيَقُولُ لِرَسُولِهِ خُذْ مَا يَسُرَ وَاتْرُكْ مَا عَسُرَ وَتَجَاوَزْ؛ لَعَلَّ اللهَ أَنْ يَتَجَاوَزَ عَنَّا فَلَمَّا هَلَكَ قَالَ اللهُ لَهُ عَمِلْتَ خَيْرًا قَطُّ؟ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِي غُلَامٌ فَكُنْتُ أُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ فَإِذَا بَعَثْتُهُ يَتَقَاضَى قُلْتُ لَهُ خُذْ مَا يَسُرَ وَاتْرُكْ مَا عَسُرَ وَتَجَاوَزْ لَعَلَّ اللهَ يَتَجَاوَزُ عَنَّا قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى قَدْ تَجَاوَزْنَا عَنْكَ
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Chain of narrators
- ʿĪsá b. Ḥammād
- al-Layth
- Ibn ʿAjlān
- Zayd b. Aslam
- Abū Ṣāliḥ
- Abū Hurayrah
✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said, “A man who never did any good used to lend money to people, and he would say to his servant, ‘Take what is easy and leave what is difficult, and overlook; perhaps Allah will overlook us.’ When he died, Allah said to him, ‘Did you ever do any good?’ He said, ‘No, except that I had a servant, and I used to lend money to people. When I sent him to collect, I said to him, ‘Take what is easy and leave what is difficult, and overlook; perhaps Allah will overlook us.’’ Allah, Exalted be He, said, ‘We have overlooked you.’”
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