Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2077
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ، أَنَّ رِبْعِيَّ بْنَ حِرَاشٍ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ حُذَيْفَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " تَلَقَّتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ رُوحَ رَجُلٍ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ قَالُوا أَعَمِلْتَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ شَيْئًا قَالَ كُنْتُ آمُرُ فِتْيَانِي أَنْ يُنْظِرُوا وَيَتَجَاوَزُوا عَنِ الْمُوسِرِ قَالَ قَالَ فَتَجَاوَزُوا عَنْهُ ". وَقَالَ أَبُو مَالِكٍ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ " كُنْتُ أُيَسِّرُ عَلَى الْمُوسِرِ وَأُنْظِرُ الْمُعْسِرَ ". وَتَابَعَهُ شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ. وَقَالَ أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ " أُنْظِرُ الْمُوسِرَ، وَأَتَجَاوَزُ عَنِ الْمُعْسِرِ ". وَقَالَ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ " فَأَقْبَلُ مِنَ الْمُوسِرِ، وَأَتَجَاوَزُ عَنِ الْمُعْسِرِ ".
Ahmad ibn Yunus narrated to us: Zuhayr narrated to us: Mansur narrated to us, that Rib i ibn Hirash told him that Hudhayfa, may Allah be pleased with him, told him: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The angels received the soul of a man from among those who came before you. They asked, "Did you do any good?" He said, "I used to instruct my young workers to give respite and show leniency to those who could pay." He said: So they showed leniency to him.” Abu Malik reported from Rib i: “I used to be lenient with the well-off and give respite to the one in hardship.” Shuba likewise reported it from Abd al-Malik, from Rib i. Abu Awana reported from Abd al-Malik, from Rib i: “I used to give respite to the well-off and overlook the one in hardship.” Nuaym ibn Abi Hind reported from Rib i: “I used to accept payment from the well-off and overlook the one in hardship.”
Translation notes
The source records several alternate wordings, including differences over whether leniency or extra time was shown to the well-off or to the person in hardship. All variants are retained in their attributed form.
كُنْتُ آمُرُ فِتْيَانِي أَنْ يُنْظِرُوا وَيَتَجَاوَزُوا عَنِ الْمُوسِرِ
The alternate transmissions differ in how respite and leniency are assigned between the well-off and the insolvent.
Which wording should be treated as the primary formulation in an edited text?