Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 4 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 75

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بَابُ فَضْلِ السَّمَاحَةِ فِي الْبَيْعِ وَالشِّرَاءِ وَالْأَخْذِ وَالْعَطَاءِ وَحُسْنِ الْقَضَاءِ وَالتَّقَاضِي وَإِرْجَاحِ الْمِكْيَالِ وَالْمِيزَانِ وَالنَّهْيِ عَنِ التَّطْفِيفِ وَفَضْلِ إِنْظَارِ الْمُوسِرِ الْمُعْسِرَ وَالْوَضْعِ عَنْهُ.

Chapter on the virtue of leniency in buying, selling, giving, and receiving; excellence in settling and collecting debts; giving full measure and weight; the prohibition of shortchanging; and the virtue of granting respite to those in financial difficulty or forgiving their debt.

قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ يَعْلَمْهُ اللهُ﴾، وَقَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ اللهَ بِهِ عَلِيمٌ﴾، وَقَالَ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَيَا قَوْمِ أَوْفُوا الْمِكْيَالَ وَالْمِيزَانَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ﴾، وَقَالَ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَوْ وَزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَئِكَ أَنَّهُمْ مَبْعُوثُونَ لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ﴾.

Allah the Almighty says: "Whatever good you do, Allah knows it." He also says: "Whatever good you do, Allah is All-Knowing of it." He says: "O my people, give full measure and weight in justice, and do not deprive people of their due." He further says: "Woe to those who shortchange, who, when they take a measure from others, demand it in full, but when they measure or weigh for them, they give less. Do they not realize that they will be resurrected for a Great Day, the Day when all mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?"

الشَّرْحُ: قَالَ الْمُؤَلِّفُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى: «بَابُ فَضْلِ السَّمَاحَةِ فِي الْبَيْعِ وَالشِّرَاءِ...» الْبَيْعُ وَالشِّرَاءُ أَمْرَانِ ضَرُورِيَّانِ لَا تَقُومُ حَيَاةُ بَنِي آدَمَ إِلَّا بِهِمَا غَالِبًا، وَذَلِكَ لِأَنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ قَدْ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى شَيْءٍ عِنْدَ غَيْرِهِ، فَكَيْفَ يَتَوَصَّلُ إِلَيْهِ؟

Explanation: The author, may Allah have mercy on him, states: "Chapter on the virtue of leniency in buying and selling..." Buying and selling are essential, for human life generally cannot function without them. A person often needs something held by another; how then is he to obtain it?

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Vocabulary · المفردات (24 verbs · 41 nouns)

• فَعَلَ — to do
• عَلِمَ — to know
• وَفَى — to fulfill
• بَاب — chapter
• فَضْل — virtue
• سَمَاحَة — generosity