Narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him), he says that one day we were present with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at a funeral. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Is there any man from such-and-such tribe present here?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) repeated this three times. Finally, a man stood up. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "What prevented you from responding the first two times? I only intended good for you. The matter is that your such-and-such man has been prevented from entering Paradise because of his debt." He says: "I saw the family members of the deceased and those who were grieving for him pay off his debt in such a way that not a single claimant remained."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whatever the hand takes, it remains a liability upon him until it is repaid.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The soul of the believer remains suspended until his debt is paid off.

Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Atwal (may Allah be pleased with him) says: My brother passed away and left behind three hundred dinars as inheritance, and he also left behind small children. I intended to spend these dinars on them, but the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: Your brother is being held back because of debt, so go and pay off his debt. So I went and paid off all his debt, then came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! I have paid off all my brother’s debt, except for one woman who claims two dinars, but she has no proof. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Give it to her as well, because she is truthful.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) would not perform the funeral prayer for a person in debt. Once, a deceased was brought to him and he (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) asked whether he had any debt. The people said: Yes, he owes two dinars. He (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Then you yourselves perform the funeral prayer of your companion. At that moment, Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! They are my responsibility. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) performed his funeral prayer. When Allah Almighty opened the doors of victories for him (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), he said: I am closer to every believer than his own self, so now whoever dies leaving a debt, its payment will be my responsibility, and whoever dies leaving wealth, it will be for his heirs.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) attended a funeral, he would ask: "Does your companion have any debt?" If the people said, "Yes, he has," then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would ask: "Has he left any wealth to pay off the debt?" If the people said, "Yes," then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would lead his funeral prayer. But if the people said, "He has not left any wealth," then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: "You pray over your companion yourselves." Then, when Allah Almighty opened the doors of conquests for him (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: "I am closer to the believers than their own selves, so whoever dies leaving a debt, its payment is my responsibility, and whoever dies leaving wealth, it is for his heirs."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he says: You recite this verse, "After the bequest made by the deceased and the payment of debts (distribute the inheritance)," but the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) decided that the debt should be paid before fulfilling the bequest. Also, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded that full brothers (from both parents) will inherit, not half-brothers (from the father's side only); a person's full brother inherits, not the half-brother.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man passed away and left behind a mudabbar slave in his inheritance, while he was also in debt. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the people to sell this slave for the payment of his debt, so they sold him for eight hundred dirhams.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abu Hadra al-Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I owed four dirhams to a Jew. He went to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to complain about me and said: O Muhammad! (peace and blessings be upon him) This man owes me four dirhams, but now he has overpowered me. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Abu Hadrad (may Allah be pleased with him): Pay him his due. He said: By the One Who has sent you with the truth! I do not have the means. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) again said to him: Pay his due. He again said: By the One in Whose hand is my soul! I do not have the means. I have told this Jew that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is sending us towards Khaybar, so we hope to obtain spoils of war and I will return and pay the debt, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) again ordered him and said: Pay his due. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would say something three times, he would not repeat it further. Sayyiduna Ibn Abi Hadrad (may Allah be pleased with him) went to the market, he had a turban on his head and was wearing a sheet as a lower garment. He took off the turban from his head and tied it as a lower garment, and took off the sheet and came to the Jew and said: Buy this sheet from me. So he bought the sheet for four dirhams. Meanwhile, an old woman passed by and asked: O companion of the Messenger! What has happened to you? He told her the whole story. The old woman had a sheet, and after hearing his story, she threw it towards him and said: Take this sheet.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Ka'b that his father, Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), demanded repayment of a debt from Sayyiduna Ibn Abi Hadrad (may Allah be pleased with him). This incident took place during the Prophetic era. In this matter, their voices became so loud, while they were in the mosque, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) heard them while he was in his house. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to them, lifted the curtain of his chamber, and called out: "O Ka'b bin Malik!" He replied: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah! I am present." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured to him to forgive half of the debt. He said: "Yes, I have done so, O Messenger of Allah!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) then said to Ibn Abi Hadrad (may Allah be pleased with him): "Get up and pay the remaining debt."