Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3637
أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلاَّمٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ، - وَهُوَ الأَزْرَقُ - قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ، تُوُفِّيَ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي تُوُفِّيَ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ إِلاَّ مَا يُخْرِجُ نَخْلُهُ وَلاَ يَبْلُغُ مَا يُخْرِجُ نَخْلُهُ مَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ دُونَ سِنِينَ فَانْطَلِقْ مَعِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لِكَىْ لاَ يَفْحُشَ عَلَىَّ الْغُرَّامُ فَأَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَدُورُ بَيْدَرًا بَيْدَرًا فَسَلَّمَ حَوْلَهُ وَدَعَا لَهُ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ وَدَعَا الْغُرَّامَ فَأَوْفَاهُمْ وَبَقِيَ مِثْلُ مَا أَخَذُوا.
'Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Sallam reported to us: Ishaq—meaning al-Azraq—narrated to us: Zakariyya narrated to us, from ash-Sha'bi, from Jabir, that his father died owing a debt. I went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, my father died owing a debt and left nothing but what his date palms produce. Their yield will not cover what he owed for several years. Come with me, Messenger of Allah, so the creditors will not be too hard on me.’ The Messenger of Allah went from pile to pile, greeted them and supplicated for their blessing, then sat on each pile. He called the creditors and paid them in full; what remained was as much as they had taken.
Translation notes
The source describes the expected date harvest as insufficient to meet the debt without several years' yield, and says an equal amount remained after the creditors were paid.