Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 2078

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الزُّبَيْدِيُّ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ كَانَ تَاجِرٌ يُدَايِنُ النَّاسَ، فَإِذَا رَأَى مُعْسِرًا قَالَ لِفِتْيَانِهِ تَجَاوَزُوا عَنْهُ، لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَتَجَاوَزَ عَنَّا، فَتَجَاوَزَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Hisham ibn Ammar narrated to us: Yahya ibn Hamza narrated to us: al-Zubaydi narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah, who heard Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, narrate from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: “There was a merchant who lent to people. Whenever he saw someone in hardship, he would say to his workers, "Overlook him; perhaps Allah will overlook us." So Allah overlooked him.”