I lent Alqama two thousand dirhams. When his stipend was paid out, I said to him, "Pay me back."He replied, "Let me delay it until next year."So when next year came, I went to him and took it. Then I came to him afterward.He said, "You have troubled me. You denied me a loan."I said, "Yes, and that is your own doing."He asked, "What have I done?"I said, "You yourself narrated to me from Ibn Masud that the Prophet ﷺ said, 'A loan ranks as half of charity.'"He said, "Yes, and so it does."He said, "Take it now."
حدثنا عفان حدثنا حماد أخبرنا عطاء بن السائب
أسلفت علقمة ألفي درهم فلما خرج عطاؤه قلت له اقضني قال أخرني إلى قابل فأتيت عليه فأخذتها قال فأتيته بعد قال برحت بي قد منعتني فقلت نعم هو عملك قال وما شأني قلت إنك حدثتني عن ابن مسعود أن النبي ﷺ قال إن السلف يجري مجرى شطر الصدقة قال نعم فهو كذاك قال فخذ الآن