Al-Kāfi 5, record 268 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · Payment of Debts

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2- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَأَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا يَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ الشَّيْ‏ءُ يَتَبَلَّغُ بِهِ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ أَيُطْعِمُهُ عِيَالَهُ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِمَيْسَرَةٍ فَيَقْضِيَ دَيْنَهُ أَوْ يَسْتَقْرِضُ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ فِي خُبْثِ الزَّمَانِ وَشِدَّةِ الْمَكَاسِبِ أَوْ يَقْبَلُ الصَّدَقَةَ قَالَ يَقْضِي بِمَا عِنْدَهُ دَيْنَهُ وَلا يَأْكُلْ أَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ إِلا وَعِنْدَهُ مَا يُؤَدِّي إِلَيْهِمْ حُقُوقَهُمْ إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ لا تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوالَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ بِالْباطِلِ إِلا أَنْ تَكُونَ تِجارَةً عَنْ تَراضٍ مِنْكُمْ وَلا يَسْتَقْرِضْ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ إِلا وَعِنْدَهُ وَفَاءٌ وَلَوْ طَافَ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ النَّاسِ فَرَدُّوهُ بِاللُّقْمَةِ وَاللُّقْمَتَيْنِ وَالتَّمْرَةِ وَالتَّمْرَتَيْنِ إِلا أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ وَلِيٌّ يَقْضِي دَيْنَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ لَيْسَ مِنَّا مِنْ مَيِّتٍ إِلا جَعَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُ وَلِيّاً يَقُومُ فِي عِدَتِهِ وَدَيْنِهِ فَيَقْضِي عِدَتَهُ وَدَيْنَهُ.

Translation

2. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from abu Ayyub from Sanaa ‘ah who has said the following: “I once said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), if one of us has a few things in his possession with which he meets his expenses and he also is indebted. Should he feed his family with that which he owns and wait until Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, grants him ease then pay his debts, or should he borrow on his back in difficult times for earning, or should he accept charity?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘He has to pay the debt with what he owns, so he does not consume people’s belongings, except if he has something with which he can pay off their rights. Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has said, “You must not consume your belongings among yourselves in false manners unless it is a trading by mutual consent among you.” (4:29) He must not borrow on his back unless he has something with which he can make payment, he may also go door to door and they may send him back with a morsel or two or one piece of date or two, unless he has a heir (guardian) who pays off after him; no one of us dies for whom Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, does not make a heir (guardian) who takes charge of his means and his debts to make payments by his means.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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  1. 2. A number of our people have narrated
  2. Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ahmad ibn Muhammad
  3. ibn Mahbub
  4. abu Ayyub
  5. Sanaa ‘ah who has said the following

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  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    موثق

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    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/47)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    صحيح

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    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, pp. 298, 299

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