The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) gave him his hand...

The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) gave him his hand, whereupon he said: I have nothing but two gardens and I lend both of them to God. The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) however advised: Keep one for yourself and lend the other. When he heard this, Abu Dahdaah said: I take you, the Prophet of God, to be my witness that I have given the best of the two gardens as loan to God. That garden contained six hundred date palms!

The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said to him: God has granted you Paradise in exchange for it. When Abu Dahdaah informed his wife of the incident, she said to him: May God make blessed that which you have purchased for yourself. [^5] He Repaid the Loan of the One in Debt One day, Imam Zainul A’abideen (peace be upon him) visited Muhammad Ibn Usaamah, who was sick. The Imam (peace be upon him) observed that he was weeping and so asked: How do you feel?

Ibn Usaamah replied: I am in debt (and I am worried about its repayment). The Imam (peace be upon him) enquired: How much is your debt?

Fifteen thousand dinars, he replied, upon which the Imam (peace be upon him) declared: I shall pay off your debt (and he paid it off).[^6] The Fruits of Granting Respite to the Debtor Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) has stated: One who desires that God shelters him on the Day when there shall be no shelter save His, should either grant respite to one, who owes money to him or relinquish the money that is owed to him.

Once on an extremely hot day, the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), while sheltering himself from the sun by means of his hands said: Who is it that desires to be sheltered from the intense heat of Hell? He repeated this sentence three times and on all the three occasions the people said: We, O’ Prophet of God!

He (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) then said: One, who grants respite (in the repayment of debt) to his debtor or relinquishes the money that is owned to him by an indigent person (shall be sheltered from the severe heat of Hell). [^7] The Ignorant Debtor On the night of his ascension, one of the scenes that the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) witnessed was of a person, who was attempting to pick up a bundle of firewood.

Despite trying, when he would be unable to do so, more firewood would be added to the bundle! The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) asked Jibraeel: Who is this person?