Ash-Sharid reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Delay in payment on the part of one who possesses the means makes it lawful to dishonour and punish him.”Ibn al-Mubarak said that“dishonour”means he may be spoken to roughly and“punish”means he may be imprisoned for it. Abu Dawud and Nasa’i transmitted it.

Abu Sa'id al-Khudrl said that a corpse was brought to the Prophet on a bier for him to pray over it and he asked the people whether their friend owed anything. On being told that he did, he asked whether he had left anything to discharge it, and when they replied that he had not, he told them to pray over him. But ‘Ali b. Abu Talib said,“I shall be responsible for his debt, Messenger of God,”so he went forward and prayed over him. A version has something to the same effect, adding that he said,“May God redeem your pledges from hell as you have redeemed the pledges of your brother Muslim! No Muslim will discharge his brother’s debt without God redeeming his pledges on the day of resurrection.”It is transmitted in Sharh as- sunna.

Thauban reported God’s Messenger as saying,“If anyone dies free from pride, unfaithfulness regarding spoil, and debt, he will enter paradise.”Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.

Abu Musa reported the Prophet as saying,“The greatest sin in God's sight, after the serious sins which God has prohibited, which a man can bring into His presence is that he should die in debt without leaving enough to discharge it.”Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it.

‘Amr b. ‘Auf al-Muzani reported the Prophet as saying,“Reconciliation is allowable between Muslims except such as makes unlawful something which is lawful, or makes lawful something which is unlawful ; and Muslims must keep to the conditions they have made, except for a condition which makes unlawful something which is lawful, or makes lawful something which is unlawful.”Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Abu Dawud transmitted it, but Abu Dawud's transmission ended at“the conditions they have made.”

Suwaid b. Qais said:Makhrafa al-‘Abdi and I imported some garments from Hajar* and brought them to Mecca. God’s Messenger came to us walking and after he had bargained with us for some trousers we sold them to him. God’s Messenger then said to a man there who was weighing out for pay,“Weigh out and give overweight.”*A name applied to the whole district of al-Bahrain. Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan sahih tradition.

Jabir said the Prophet owed him a debt and gave him something extra when he paid it. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

‘Abdallah b. Abu Rabi'a said the Prophet borrowed forty thousand* from him, and when revenue came in he paid it to him saying,“God most high bless your family and your property! The only reward for a loan is commendation and repayment.”*The text mentions the number. It probably means dirhams. Nasa’i transmitted it.

Imran b. Husain reported God’s Messenger as saying,“When anyone has something due to him from another he will be credited with sadaqa for every day he allows the other to postpone payment.”Ahmad transmitted it.

Sa'd b. al-Atwal said:My brother died leaving three hundred dinars and some young children, and I wanted to use them for their maintenance, but God’s Messenger said to me,“Your brother is im-prisoned by his debt, so pay it on his behalf.”I went and did so, and returned to tell God’s Messenger that I had done it and that there remained only a woman who claimed two dinars but had no proof she could show. He replied,“Give them to her, for she is speaking the truth.”Ahmad transmitted it.