Al-Kafi 6131

Translation

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Aban Bin Usman, from Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Abdullah, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^asws having said that Rasool-Allah^saww said during a hot day, and he^saww bent his^saww palm: ‘Who would like to be shaded from the outburst of the flames of Hell?’ – saying it three times, and the people said during each time, ‘Us, O Rasool-Allah^saww!’ So he^saww said: ‘The one who respites a debtor or leaves the insolvent’. Then Abu Abdullah^asws said to me: ‘Abdullah Bin Ka’ab Bin Malik said to me^asws, ‘My father informed me that he necessitated a debtor of his in the Masjid (to pay him back). So Rasool-Allah^saww went back and entered his^saww house, and we were seated. Then he^saww came out in the midday heat. So Rasool-Allah^saww uncovered his^saww veil and said: ‘O Ka’ab! You two have not ceased to be seated?’ He said, ‘Yes, may my father and my mother be sacrificed for you^saww’. So Rasool-Allah^saww gestured by his^saww palm: ‘Take the half’. He said, ‘So I said, ‘May my father and my mother be sacrificed for you^saww’. Then he^saww said: ‘Pursue him for the remainder of your right’. He said, ‘So I took the half and dropped for him the (other) half’.

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