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"And if anyone is referred to another, let him accept that."

A man from among us died, so we washed, embalmed and shrouded him. We then brought him to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and asked him to pray over him. He went forward some steps and then asked, "Does he have any debt against him?" We replied, "Two Dinars." He turned away, but Abu Qatada (RA) took upon himself the bearing of them. We then came to him (again) (ﷺ) and Abu Qatada (RA) said: "I shall discharge the two Dinars." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) thereupon said, "[Will you be responsible for paying them as] a right to the creditor; and the dead man will then be free from them?" He replied, "Yes." So, he prayed over him.[Reported by Ahmad, Abu Dawud, and an-Nasa'i. Ibn Hibban and al-Hakim graded it Sahih (authentic)].

A man who had died in debt would be brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he would ask, "Has he left anything to discharge his debt?" If he was told that he left enough he would pray over him. Otherwise, he would say, "Pray over your companion." Then, when Allah brought the conquests (of other lands) at his hands he said, "I am closer to the believers than their own selves. So, whoever dies leaving a debt, the responsibility for repaying it shall be upon me."[Agreed upon].

"Whoever dies and leavings nothing to discharge his debt..."

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "No surety is allowed regarding a prescribed punishment."[Reported by al-Baihaqi with a Da'if (weak) chain of narrators].

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Allah, the Most High, said, 'I am the third (partner) of two partners as long as one of them does not cheat the his companion. Then, if he cheats (his partner) I depart from them.'"[Reported by Abu Dawud and al-Hakim graded it Sahih (authentic)].

That he was the partner of the Prophet (ﷺ) before the Prophethood. Then, he came (to Makkah) on the day of the Conquest (of Makkah), and he (the Prophet) said: "Welcome to my brother and partner."[Reported by Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah].

"Ammar, Sa'd and I agrred to be partners in whatever we would get (from the spoils of war) on the day of Badr." The narrator quoted the rest of the Hadith which concludes: "Then Sa'd brought two captives, but neither Ammar nor I brought anything."[Reported by an-Nasa'i and others].

I intended to go to Khaibar, so I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said, "When you meet my agent at Khaibar take fifteen Wasq (of dates) from him."[Abu Dawud reported and graded it Sahih (authentic)].

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent him with a Dinar to buy a sacrificial animal for him.[The reporter mentioned the rest of the Hadith. al-Bukhari reported it in the context of another previously mentioned Hadith].

"Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent 'Umar to collect the Sadaqah." The reported mentioned the rest of the Hadith.[Agreed upon].

"The Prophet (ﷺ) slaughtered sixty-three (sacrificial) camels and ordered 'Ali to slaughter the remainder [thirty-seven]."The reported mentioned the rest of the Hadith.[Reported by Muslim].

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: 'Unais, go (in the morning) to this man's wife, and if she confesses, stone her to death."The reported mentioned the rest of the previous Hadith.[Agreed upon].

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "Say the truth even though it is bitter (i.e. difficult to admit)."[Ibn Hibban graded it Sahih (authentic) as a part of a long Hadith].

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "The hand (which takes) is responsible for what it has taken till it returns it."[Reported by Ahmad and al-Arba'a. al-Hakim graded it Sahih (authentic)].

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Give back what has been entrusted (to you) to him who has entrusted you, and do not violate the trust of him who violates your trust."[Reported by at-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud; at-Tirmidhi graded it Hasan (good) and al-Hakim graded it Sahih (authentic). Abu Hatim ar-Razi considered it Munkar (rejected)].

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "When my messengers come to you, give them thirty coats of armor." I asked, "O Allah's Messenger, is it a loan with a guarantee (of its return), or a borrowed object that must be returned?" He replied, "No, it is a borrowed object that must be returned."[Reported by Ahmad, Abu Dawud and an-Nasa'i. Ibn Hibban graded it Sahih (authentic)].

At the battle of Hunain, the Prophet (ﷺ) borrowed coats of mail from him and he asked, "Are you taking them by force, O Muhammad (ﷺ)?" He replied, "No, it is a loan with a guarantee of their reutrn."[Reported by Abu Dawud and an-Nasa'i; al-Hakim graded it Sahih (authentic)].

He also reported for this Hadith a Shahid (supporting narration) which is weak, from Ibn 'Abbas.

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "If anyone takes a span of land unjustly, on the Day of Resurrection Allah will strangle him with it from seven earths."[Agreed upon].