Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1078
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " نَفْسُ الْمُؤْمِنِ مُعَلَّقَةٌ بِدَيْنِهِ حَتَّى يُقْضَى عَنْهُ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us: Abu Usamah narrated to us, from Zakariyya ibn Abi Za'idah, from Sa'd ibn Ibrahim, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah said: The believer's soul remains suspended by his debt until it is paid on his behalf.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says the soul is suspended by the debt until the debt is paid on the believer's behalf; it does not explain the nature of this suspension.