The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever grants a person in financial difficulty more time to repay will have the reward of charity for each day. And whoever grants him further time after the debt has fallen due will have the reward of charity equal to the debt for each day."
حدثنا محمد بن عبد الله بن نمير حدثنا أبي حدثنا الأعمش عن نفيع أبي داود
عن النبي ﷺ قال من أنظر معسرا كان له بكل يوم صدقة ومن أنظره بعد حله كان له مثله في كل يوم صدقة
[Sahih]. Ahmad narrated it in 351/5 from Abdullah bin Numayr, with the same wording.Nufay is a liar and abandoned, as mentioned before, hadith no. 1485. His hadith has a sahih corroborating witness in Ahmad 360/5, and Hakim graded it sahih according to the criterion of Muslim only. Sahih Shaykhayn 229/2, and Dhahabi agreed with him, and its chain