Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl - Rewards

Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl - Rewards Chapter: Reward of condoning a loanee أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ یَعْقُوبَ بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِی عُ٠َیْرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِی٠َ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَ٠ِیدِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َنِ بْنِ سَیَابَهَ دَیْناً عَلَی رَجُلٍ قَدْ ٠ْنَاهُ أَنْ یُحَلِّلَهُ فَأَبَی فَقَالَ وَیْحَهُ أَ ٠ُ أَنَّ لَهُ بِکُلِّ دِرْهَ٠ٍ عَشْراً إِذَا حَلَّلَهُ وَ إِنْ لَ٠ْ یُحَلِّلْهُ إِنَّ٠1.

My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Ya’qub b. Yazid from Ibn Abi ’Umayr from Ibrahim b. Abdul-Hameed who said: The narrator told Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.), “Abdur Rahman bin Siyabah had taken some money from a person and he died without repaying it. We asked that man to write off the loan but he did not accept.” Imam (a.s.) replied, “Pity on that man.

Didn’t he know that had he forgiven it, he would have got ten rewards for each dirham and now he will get a dirham only for each dirham?”