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Sunday, 29 August 2021 06:27
Treating His Debtor with Leniency and Respite β Imaam Bukhaari (rahimahullah) β Part Twelve
Muhammed bin Abu Haatim (rahimahullah) narrates:
Imaam Bukhaari (rahimahullah) had a certain debtor who owed him a substantial amount of money and was delaying in settling his debt.
Once, while Imaam Bukhaari (rahimahullah) was in the city of Firabr, he received information that his debtor had come to the city of Aamul. Hence, we suggested to Imaam Bukhaari (rahimahullah) that he should travel to Aamul in order to recover the money he was owed from the debtor. However, Imaam Bukhaari (rahimahullah) replied, βIt does not behove us to suddenly arrive there and frighten him.β