It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Mas’ud Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“The account of a man from among the people before you was taken, and in his record of deeds there was no good deed except that he used to associate with people and was well-off. So he used to order his servants to overlook (the debts) of those in difficulty. Allah, the Exalted, said: We are more deserving of this (forgiveness and forbearance) than he is, so He forgave him.”