قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا يَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ الشَّيْءُ يَتَبَلَّغُ بِهِ وَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ أَ يُطْعِمُهُ عِيَالَهُ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِمَيْسَرَةٍ فَيَقْضِيَ دَيْنَهُ أَوْ يَسْتَقْرِضُ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ فِي خُبْثِ الزَّمَانِ وَ شِدَّةِ الْمَكَاسِبِ أَوْ يَقْبَلُ الصَّدَقَةَ قَالَ يَقْضِي بِمَا عِنْدَهُ دَيْنَهُ وَ لَا يَأْكُلْ أَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ إِلَّا وَ عِنْدَهُ مَا يُؤَدِّي إِلَيْهِمْ حُقُوقَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ لا تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوالَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ بِالْباطِلِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ تِجارَةً عَنْ تَراضٍ مِنْكُمْ وَ لَا يَسْتَقْرِضْ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ إِلَّا وَ عِنْدَهُ وَفَاءٌ وَ لَوْ طَافَ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ النَّاسِ فَرَدُّوهُ بِاللُّقْمَةِ وَ اللُّقْمَتَيْنِ وَ التَّمْرَةِ وَ التَّمْرَتَيْنِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ وَلِيٌّ يَقْضِي دَيْنَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ لَيْسَ مِنَّا مِنْ مَيِّتٍ إِلَّا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُ وَلِيّاً يَقُومُ فِي عِدَتِهِ وَ دَيْنِهِ فَيَقْضِي عِدَتَهُ وَ دَيْنَهُ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Sama’at who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘The man from us happens to have something with him to meet his expenses with, and upon him is a debt. Should he feed his family until Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Grants him (financial) ease so he could fulfil his debt, or should he borrow upon his back in bad times and difficult earning, or accept charity handouts?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He should fulfil his debt with whatever is with him and he should not consume the wealth of the people except that with him is what he can pay their rights to them. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic is saying <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:2#h188"><a href="/books/quran:2#h188">[2:188]</a></a> And do not swallow up your property among yourselves by false means</span>, except if there happens to be a compromising trade among you; and he should not borrow upon his back except there if there is loyalty with him. And if he was to go around the doors of the people, they would return him with the morsel and the two morsels, and a date and two dates, unless if there happens to be a guardian for him who would fulfil his debts from after him. There is none from us who dies except Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Makes a guardian for him who would stand with regards to his promises and his debts, so he would fulfill his promises and his debts’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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