Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْخَطْمِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ أَنَّ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ كَانَ لَهُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ دَيْنٌ وَكَانَ يَأْتِيهِ يَتَقَاضَاهُ فَيَخْتَبِئُ مِنْهُ فَجَاءَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَخَرَجَ صَبِيٌّ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ هُوَ فِي الْبَيْتِ يَأْكُلُ خَزِيرَةً فَنَادَاهُ يَا فُلَانُ اخْرُجْ فَقَدْ أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّكَ هَاهُنَا فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا يُغَيِّبُكَ عَنِّي قَالَ إِنِّي مُعْسِرٌ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي قَالَ آللَّهِ إِنَّكَ مُعْسِرٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَبَكَى أَبُو قَتَادَةَ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنْ نَفَّسَ عَنْ غَرِيمِهِ أَوْ مَحَا عَنْهُ كَانَ فِي ظِلِّ الْعَرْشِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ.
English Translation
'Affan narrated to us, Hammad - meaning Ibn Salamah - narrated to us, Abu Ja'far al-Khatmi informed us, from Muhammad ibn Ka'b al-Qurazi, that Abu Qatadah had a debt owed to him by a man. He used to come to collect it, but the man would hide from him. One day he came, and a boy came out. He asked him about the man, and he said: 'Yes, he is in the house eating a porridge.' He called out: 'O so-and-so, come out, for I have been told you are here.' He came out to him. He said: 'What makes you hide from me?' He said: 'I am in hardship and have nothing.' He said: 'Do you swear by Allah that you are in hardship?' He said: 'Yes.' Abu Qatadah wept and then said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saying: "Whoever grants respite to his debtor or cancels his debt, he will be in the shade of the Throne on the Day of Resurrection."