{"id":2870,"date":"2022-08-13T09:10:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T08:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/?p=2870"},"modified":"2022-08-13T09:10:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T08:10:26","slug":"repaying-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/2022\/08\/13\/repaying-loans\/","title":{"rendered":"Repaying Loans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today\u2019s\nreminder is following on from last week in regards to the good\ndeed of helping others with a loan, for the sake of Allah, without asking for\nany more benefit from that loan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone has or will one day go through\ndifficulties that may mean asking others for help, and would want to do it\nwithout being humiliated, and there are many that help their brothers and\nsisters without any humiliation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, many people do not take\nresponsibility on the help they have received, to ensure that the debt is\nrepaid without delay or being lazy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The imam referenced two suras from the\nQuran to emphasise this point. Firstly, it was the 60th<\/sup> ayat of Sura\nRahman which is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then the 58th<\/sup>\nayat of Sura Nisa which is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allah commands you [people] to return things entrusted to you\nto their rightful owners, and, if you judge between people, to do so with\njustice: Allah\u2019s instructions to you are excellent, for He hears and sees\neverything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear\nbrothers and sisters, we can see that there is a great importance laid upon\nborrowing and returning things to their rightful owners. It may not be money,\nit could be any property or item we borrow but the lesson is to return it promptly\nand of course, in the condition they leant it to you in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The imam\nalso spoke of hadeeth in regards to this reminder. The first of which is\ntranslated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf anyone accepts other people\u2019s belongings meaning to pay\nback, God will pay back for him; but if anyone accepts them meaning to squander\nthem, God will on that account destroy his property.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear\nbrothers and sisters, we cannot be borrowing things and not place the correct\nlevel of respect and importance on it just because its not ours. Things we\nborrow from others are placed in our care as a trust and Allah SWT commanded\nour messenger SAWS to educate us on the importance of this so that we are not disrespectful\nof others belongings in our care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again the\nimam mentioned a hadith emphasising the importance needing to be placed on\ndebt. It\u2019s translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnyone whose soul leaves his body and he is free of three\nthings, will enter Paradise: `Arrogance, stealing from the spoils of war, and\ndebt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And secondly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              \u201cEvery fault but a debt will be\nforgiven to a martyr.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear\nbrothers and sisters, the reminder is quite clear this week in that we need to be\nmindful of those we borrow from. Just as was the reminder last week on lending\nto those less fortunate than ourselves, our reminder this week educates us on\nthe importance Islam places on the repayment of debt, whether it is of money or\nof things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so the\nreminder concludes with a dua that we should all know that enables us to do\nright by those we borrow from. It is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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