Hadith #26
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حُوسِبَ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ لَهُ مِنْ الْخ
َيْرِ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَانَ رَجُلًا مُوسِرًا وَكَانَ يُخَالِطُ النَّاسَ فَكَانَ يَقُولُ لِغِلْمَانِهِ تَجَاوَزُوا عَنْ الْمُعْسِرِ قَالَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِذَلِكَ مِنْهُ تَجَاوَزُوا عَنْهُ
Isnad Chain
English Translation
Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us, al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Shaqīq, from Abū Masʿūd رضي الله عنه, who said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "A man from those before you was brought to account, and nothing good was found for him except that he was a wealthy man who used to mix with people, and he would tell his servants: 'Overlook the debts of the destitute.' So Allāh عز وجل said to His angels: 'We are more deserving of that than he is. Pardon him.'"
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 26
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16464
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52854