An Arabi came to the Prophet ﷺ demanding repayment of a debt owed to him. He pressed him harshly, saying, "I will give you no relief until you pay me."His companions rebuked him and said, "Woe to you. Do you know whom you are addressing?"He replied, "I am only seeking what is rightfully mine."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Why did you not stand with the one who has a rightful claim?"Then he sent word to Khawla bint Qays and said to her, "If you have any dates, lend them to us until our own dates arrive, and we will repay you."She said, "Yes, may my father be ransomed for you, Messenger of Allah."So she lent them to him, and he repaid the Arabi and gave him food as well.The Arabi said, "You have paid me in full. May Allah pay you in full."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Such are the best of people. No nation is sanctified in which the weak cannot take their rightful due without being shaken about."
حدثنا إبراهيم بن عبد الله بن محمد بن عثمان أبو شيبة حدثنا ابن أبي عبيدة أظنه قال حدثنا أبي عن الأعمش عن أبي صالح
جاء أعرابي إلى النبي ﷺ يتقاضاه دينا كان عليه فاشتد عليه حتى قال له أحرج عليك إلا قضيتني فانتهره أصحابه وقالوا ويحك تدري من تكلم قال إني أطلب حقي فقال النبي ﷺ هلا مع صاحب الحق كنتم ثم أرسل إلى خولة بنت قيس فقال لها إن كان عندك تمر فأقرضينا حتى يأتينا تمرنا فنقضيك فقالت نعم بأبي أنت يا رسول الله قال فأقرضته فقضى الأعرابي وأطعمه فقال أوفيت أوفى الله لك فقال أولئك خيار الناس إنه لا قدست أمة لا يأخذ الضعيف فيها حقه غير متعتع
Sourcing, (shsnf). Busiri graded it sahih, but its chain is daif due to two flaws, one of which is the narrator's uncertainty. See page 178.It has a hasan corroborating narration in Ahmad, 6/268, from the hadith of Muhammad bin Ishaq, who said, Hisham bin Urwa narrated to me from his father from Ayesha, with the same wording but at greater length. Yahya bin Umayr followed him in narrating from Hisham with the same content, in Bayhaqi, 6/20. He is trustworthy, as stated in Kashif, 3/232.