Forty Hadith Qudsi
Hadith 12, 40 Hadith Qudsi
عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " حُوسِبَ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ، فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ لَهُ مِنْ الْخَيْرِ شَيْءٌ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُخَالِطُ(1) النَّاسَ، وَكَانَ مُوسِرًا، فَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ غِلْمَانَهُ أَنْ يَتَجَاوَزُوا عَنْ الْمُعْسِرِ، قَالَ (2) قَالَ اللَّهُ : نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِذَلِكَ مِنْكَ، تَجَاوَزُوا عَنْهُ" رواه مسلم (وكذلك البخاري والنسائي)
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Mas‘ud al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:
‘A man from among those before you was called to account, and no good was found for him except that he used to deal with people. He was well-off and would instruct his servants to give respite to the one in hardship. He said—Allah said: “We have more right to do that than you. Give him respite.”’
It was related by Muslim (and likewise by al-Bukhari and al-Nasa’i).
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُخَالِطُ(1) النَّاسَ،
The Arabic has a footnote marker (1) after يُخَالِطُ, and the witness narrows the phrase to ‘have dealings’ without notes from the source block. The marker (2) after قال is also unexplained here.
Can the two marked notes be recovered from the source edition? The bracketed debt-repayment detail in the witness is not present in this Arabic block.