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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to invoke Allah in the prayer saying, "O Allah, I seek refuge with you from all
sins, and from being in debt." Someone said, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! (I see you) very often you seek refuge
with Allah from being in debt. He replied, "If a person is in debt, he tells lies when he speaks, and
breaks his promises when he promises."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 43, Hadith 13
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When my father died he owed a Jew thirty Awsuq (of dates). I requested him to give me respite for
repaying but he refused. I requested Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to intercede with the Jew. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to
the Jew and asked him to accept the fruits of my trees in place of the debt but the Jew refused. Allah's
Apostle entered the garden of the date-palms, wandering among the trees and ordered me (saying),
"Pluck (the fruits) and give him his due." So, I plucked the fruits for him after the departure of Allah's
Apostle and gave his thirty Awsuq, and still had seventeen Awsuq extra for myself. Jabir said: I went
to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to inform of what had happened, but found him praying the `Asr prayer. After the
prayer I told him about the extra fruits which remained. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told me to inform (`Umar) Ibn
Al-Khattab about it. When I went to `Umar and told him about it, `Umar said, "When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
walked in your garden, I was sure that Allah would definitely bless it."
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If someone leaves some property, it will be for the inheritors, and if he leaves some
weak offspring, it will be for us to support them."