The Forty Hadith Al-Qudsi: Hadith One (1) | Hadith Two (2) | Hadith Three (3) | Hadith Four (4) | Hadith Five (5) | Hadith Six (6) | Hadith Seven (7) | Hadith Eight (8) | Hadith Nine (9) | Hadith Ten (10) | Hadith Eleven (11) | Hadith Twelve (12) | Hadith Thirteen (13) | Hadith Fourteen (14) | Hadith Fifteen (15) | Hadith Sixteen (16) | Hadith Seventeen (17) | Hadith Eighteen (18) | Hadith Nineteen (19) | Hadith Twenty (20) | Hadith Twenty One (21) | Hadith Twenty Two (22) | Hadith Twenty Three (23) | Hadith Twenty Four (24) | Hadith Twenty Five (25) | Hadith Twenty Six (26) | Hadith Twenty Seven (27) | Hadith Twenty Eight (28) | Hadith Twenty Nine (29) | Hadith Thirty (30) | Hadith Thirty One (31) | Hadith Thirty Two (32) | Hadith Thirty Three (33) | Hadith Thirty Four (34) | Hadith Thirty Five (35) | Hadith Thirty Six (36) | Hadith Thirty Seven (37) | Hadith Thirty Eight (38) | Hadith Thirty Nine (39) | Hadith Forty (40) ||| Forty Hadith Qudsi Index |||

Hadith number in Sahih Muslim [Arabic only]: 2921

‏حدثنا ‏ ‏يحيى بن يحيى ‏ ‏وأبو بكر بن أبي شيبة ‏ ‏وأبو كريب ‏ ‏وإسحق بن إبراهيم ‏ ‏واللفظ ‏ ‏ليحيى ‏ ‏قال ‏ ‏يحيى ‏ ‏أخبرنا ‏ ‏وقال الآخرون ‏ ‏حدثنا ‏ ‏أبو معاوية ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏الأعمش ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏شقيق ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏أبي مسعود ‏ ‏قال ‏
‏قال رسول الله ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏حوسب رجل ممن كان قبلكم فلم يوجد له من الخير شيء إلا أنه كان يخالط الناس وكان موسرا فكان يأمر غلمانه أن ‏ ‏يتجاوزوا ‏ ‏عن المعسر قال قال الله عز وجل ‏ ‏نحن أحق بذلك منه ‏ ‏تجاوزوا ‏ ‏عنه
 

Abu Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: A person from people who lived before you was called to account (by Allah on the Day of Judgment) and no good was found in his account except this that he being a rich man had (financial) dealings with people and had commanded his servants to show leniency to the straitened ones. Upon this Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, said: We have more right to this, so overlook (his faults).