It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "One of His servants to whom Allah had given wealth was brought before Allah. Allah asked him: What deeds did you do in the world? (The narrator said: they) 'will not be able to conceal any statement from Allah' [Surah Al-Nisa': 42] . He said: My Lord, I did no (particular) deed except that You gave me wealth and I used to trade with people, and it was my habit to be lenient with the well-off (debtor) and to give respite to the one in hardship. Allah Almighty said: I am more entitled to that (forbearance) than you; pass over (the faults of) this servant of Mine." Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir al-Juhani and Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: We too heard it like this from the blessed tongue of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, and the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.