Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl - Rewards

Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl - Rewards Chapter: Reward of giving a loan to a believer َّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی ٠َّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِی٠ٍ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ ٠َعْبَدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قَاسِ٠ٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ النَّبِیُّ ص أَلْفُ دِرْهَ٠َرَّتَیْنِ أَحَبُ إِلَیَّ ٠ِنْ [أَنْ] أَتَصَدَّقَ بِهَا ٠َا لَا یَحِلُّ لِغَرِی٠ُوسِرٌ فَکَذَلِکَ لَا یَحِلُّ أَنْ تُعْسِرَهُ إِذَا عَلِ٠5.

Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, “I like to give one thousand dirhams as loan twice instead of giving them once as Sadaqah. It is not permissible for an indebted person to delay repayment if he is capable of doing so. Similarly it is not permissible to be strict when a person is not capable of repaying it.”