It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man held on to a debtor of his over ten dinars. The debtor said to him: "By Allah, I have nothing with which to pay you today." He said: "By Allah, I will not leave you until you pay or bring a guarantor who will take responsibility on your behalf." He said: "By Allah, I have nothing to pay with, and I cannot find anyone to take responsibility for me." The narrator said: So he dragged him to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (the debtor) said: "O Messenger of Allah, this man is clinging to me. I asked him for respite of a single month, but he refused unless I pay him or bring him a guarantor. I said: By Allah, I cannot find a guarantor, and I have nothing to pay with today." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Are you asking him for more than a single month's respite?" He said: "No." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then I will stand as guarantor for it on your behalf." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took responsibility for it on his behalf. The man went and brought the amount he had promised. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: "Where did you get this gold?" He said: "From a mine." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go, we have no need of it; there is no good in it." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) paid it off on his behalf himself. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Bukhari on account of Amr bin Abi Amr, and on the condition of Muslim on account of al-Darawardi, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Irbad bin Sariyah al-Sulami (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I sold a young camel to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then I came to ask for payment and said: "O Messenger of Allah, pay me the price of my young camel." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, but I will pay it only at its due time." Then he paid me, and paid me in the best manner. Then a Bedouin came to him and said: "O Messenger of Allah, repay me my young camel." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him a fully grown camel. He said: "O Messenger of Allah, this is better than my young camel." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is yours. Indeed, the best of people are those who are best in repaying." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it with this wording.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Suwayd bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Makhramah al-Abdi and I brought cloth from Hajar or Bahrain. When we were at Mina, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us and bought from us a pair of trousers and a qaba' (robe). There was a weigher there who weighed for a wage. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), while handing him the price, said: "Weigh, and weigh generously (in excess)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Suwayd bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I sold a pair of trousers to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) had the price weighed out for me and (by instructing the weigher) had it weighed in excess. The kunyah of Suwayd bin Qays is Abu Safwan, and both are one and the same Companion. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to those who measure and weigh: "You have been put in charge of a matter in which the nations before you were destroyed (because of giving short measure)." This hadith has an authentic chain (sahih al-isnad), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Alqamah bin Abdullah al-Muzani narrates from his father that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade breaking the coins current among the Muslims except for some defect in them, or that a dirham be broken to turn it into silver and a dinar be broken to turn it into gold.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Jibril (peace be upon him) came to me and said: O Muhammad! Allah Almighty has cursed wine, and He has also cursed the one who presses it, the one for whom it is pressed, the one who drinks it, the one who carries it, the one to whom it is carried, the one who sells it, the one who serves it and the one who asks to be served it." This hadith has an authentic chain (sahih al-isnad), and its supporting report (shahid) is the hadith of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty has cursed wine, and He has also cursed the one who serves it, the one who drinks it, the one who presses it, the one for whom it is pressed, the one who carries it, the one to whom it is carried, the one who sells it, the one who buys it and the one who consumes its price."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) bought a camel from a Bedouin in exchange for dates. He (peace and blessings be upon him) thought that he had the dates with him, but it turned out that some were there and some were not. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Would you be willing to take some of your dates now and take the rest at the time of harvest?" He refused, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) borrowed the dates for him and paid them to him. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated that Sayyiduna Zayd bin Sa'nah (may Allah be pleased with him), who was one of the great scholars of the Jews, came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to demand his debt. He seized the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) cloak by his right shoulder, pulled it and said: O Banu Abd al-Muttalib! You are people who delay payment, and I know you well. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) rebuked him, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Umar! He and I needed a different conduct from you: that you should have urged me to repay well and urged him to demand well. Go, O Umar, and pay him his due. Three days still remain of his term, and give him thirty sa' extra because you frightened him." This hadith has an authentic chain (sahih al-isnad), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.