Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2425
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى الصَّنْعَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ حَنَشٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَطْلُبُ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِدَيْنٍ أَوْ بِحَقٍّ فَتَكَلَّمَ بِبَعْضِ الْكَلاَمِ فَهَمَّ صَحَابَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَهْ إِنَّ صَاحِبَ الدَّيْنِ لَهُ سُلْطَانٌ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ حَتَّى يَقْضِيَهُ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Ala al-Sanani narrated to us: Mutamir ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from his father, from Hanash, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, who said: A man came to the Prophet of Allah ﷺ seeking a debt or some other right. He spoke to him, and the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were about to intervene against him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Leave him be. The creditor has authority over the debtor until the debt is paid.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says only that the man spoke “some words”; the English witness characterizes this as harsh speech, which is not explicit in this source wording. The claimant right and the Prophet instruction to let him speak are preserved.