Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجٌ وَأَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْمَدَائِنِيُّ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَرَّ بِهِ وَهُوَ مُلَازِمٌ رَجُلًا فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ غَرِيمٌ لِي وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ النِّصْفَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ الشَّطْرَ وَتَرَكَ الشَّطْرَ.
English Translation
Surayj and Abu Ja'far al-Mada'ini narrated to us, they said: Abbad narrated to us, from Sufyan ibn Husayn, from al-Zuhri, from Abdullah ibn Ka'b ibn Malik, from his father, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, passed by him while he was pressing a man [for a debt] and said, "What is this?" He said, "O Messenger of Allah, a debtor of mine" - and he gestured with his hand that he take half. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, yes." He said: So he took the half and left the other half.