Sunan Ibn Majah
The Chapters on Charity
كتاب الصدقات
Chapter 19
الْقَرْضِ
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Muhammad ibn Khalaf al-Asqalani narrated to us: Yala narrated to us: Sulayman ibn Yusayr narrated to us, from Qays ibn Rumi, who said: Sulayman ibn Udhunan used to lend Alqamah one thousand dirhams until his stipend arrived. When it came, he demanded repayment and pressed him hard. Alqamah repaid him, apparently angered by this. Several months later Alqamah came to him and said, “Lend me one thousand dirhams until my stipend arrives.” Sulayman replied, “Yes, gladly. Umm Utbah, bring me that sealed pouch you have.” She brought it, and he said, “By Allah, these are the very dirhams you repaid to me; I have not moved a single one.” Alqamah said, “May your father be blessed! What made you do this to me?” Sulayman said, “What I heard from you.” Alqamah asked, “What did you hear from me?” He replied that he had heard Alqamah relate from Ibn Masud that the Prophet ﷺ said: No Muslim lends another Muslim a loan twice but that it is like giving charity once. Alqamah said, “That is what Ibn Masud informed me.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The entire anecdote and embedded report are included. The sealed pouch and statement that no dirham had been moved explain that the original repayment was preserved for relending. The embedded hadith contrasts two loans with one charity; the Arabic says “a loan” without specifying a monetary amount there.
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Ubaydullah ibn Abd al-Karim narrated to us: Hisham ibn Khalid narrated to us: Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Abi Malik narrated to us. Abu Hatim also narrated to us: Hisham ibn Khalid narrated to us: Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Abi Malik narrated to us, from his father, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that on the night he was taken on the Night Journey, he saw written at the gate of Paradise that charity is rewarded tenfold and a loan eighteenfold. He asked Gabriel why a loan was better than charity. Gabriel replied that a beggar asks while he has something, whereas a borrower asks only out of need.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic gives two opening transmission routes, both preserved. The phrase وعنده literally says “while he has [something]”; the English witness likewise leaves the possessed item unstated.
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Hisham ibn Ammar narrated to us: Ismail ibn Ayyash narrated to me: Utbah ibn Humayd al-Dabbi narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Abi Ishaq al-Hunai, who said: I asked Anas ibn Malik, “If a man among us lends money to his brother and the borrower gives him a gift, what then?” Anas said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “When one of you gives a loan and the borrower then gives him a gift or offers him a ride on an animal, he should neither ride it nor accept the gift unless that kind of exchange existed between them before.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic includes Yahya question to Anas and Anas attribution to the Prophet. The exception is a prior established practice between lender and borrower.
Chapter 20
أَدَاءِ الدَّيْنِ عَنِ الْمَيِّتِ
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Affan narrated to us: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us: Abd al-Malik, Abu Jafar, informed me, from Abu Nadhrah, from Sad ibn al-Atwal, that his brother died leaving three hundred dirhams and dependents. Sad wanted to spend the money on his brother dependents, but the Prophet ﷺ said, “Your brother is held back by his debt, so pay it on his behalf.” He said, “Messenger of Allah, I have paid it all except for two dinars claimed by a woman who has no proof.” He said, “Give them to her, for she is in the right.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic gives the estate as three hundred dirhams but the disputed remaining claim as two dinars; both units and amounts are retained as written. The woman is said to lack proof, yet the Prophet directs payment and affirms her claim.
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Ibrahim al-Dimashqi narrated to us: Shuayb ibn Ishaq narrated to us: Hisham ibn Urwah narrated to us, from Wahb ibn Kaysan, from Jabir ibn Abdullah, that his father died owing thirty wasqs to a Jewish man. Jabir asked the man to grant more time, but he refused. Jabir asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to intercede for him, so the Messenger went to the man and asked him to accept the dates from Jabir palm trees toward what was owed, but he refused. The Messenger ﷺ spoke to him again, asking him to grant respite, but he refused. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then entered the palm grove and walked through it. He said to Jabir, “Harvest for him and give him what is owed in full.” After the Messenger ﷺ had returned, Jabir harvested thirty wasqs for him, with twelve wasqs left over. Jabir went to tell the Messenger of Allah ﷺ what had happened, but found him away. When the Messenger returned, Jabir told him that he had repaid the debt in full and told him about the surplus. The Messenger ﷺ said, “Tell Umar ibn al-Khattab about this.” Jabir went to Umar and told him. Umar said, “I knew, when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ walked through that grove, that Allah would bless it.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic gives the debt as thirty wasqs and the harvest as thirty wasqs plus a surplus of twelve; these quantities are preserved without conversion. The repeated refusals of both payment in dates and a respite are retained.
Chapter 21
ثَلاَثٍ مَنِ ادَّانَ فِيهِنَّ قَضَى اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
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Abu Kurayb narrated to us: Rishdin ibn Sad, Abd al-Rahman al-Muharibi, Abu Usamah, and Jafar ibn Awn narrated to us, from Ibn Anum. Abu Kurayb said: Waki narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Ibn Anum, from Imran ibn Abd al-Maafiri, from Abdullah ibn Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “A debt owed by one who dies will be settled from him on the Day of Resurrection, except in three cases: a man whose strength has waned in the cause of Allah, who borrows in order to regain strength against the enemy of Allah and his own enemy; a man when a Muslim dies and he cannot find what is needed to shroud and bury him except by borrowing; and a man who fears Allah regarding remaining unmarried, so he marries out of fear for his religion. Allah will settle the debts of these people on the Day of Resurrection.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic presents four transmitters from Ibn Anum, then a second route through Waki and Sufyan that continues from Ibn Anum through Imran ibn Abd al-Maafiri to Abdullah ibn Amr; both are preserved without silently joining the first route. The English witness duplicates the burial case and omits the first route details; the Arabic has three distinct exceptions.