The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There was a man who never did any good deed, but he used to lend money to people. He would say to his agent, 'Take what is easy to collect and leave what is difficult, and overlook, perhaps Allah the Exalted will overlook our faults.'When he died, Allah said to him, 'Did you ever do any good?'He replied, 'No, except that I had a servant, and I used to lend money to people. Whenever I sent him to collect, I would tell him, "Take what is easy to collect and leave what is difficult, and overlook, perhaps Allah will overlook our faults."'Allah the Exalted said, 'I have overlooked your faults.'"
أخبرنا عيسى بن حماد قال حدثنا الليث عن ابن عجلان عن زيد بن أسلم عن أبي صالح
عن رسول الله ﷺ قال إن رجلا لم يعمل خيرا قط وكان يداين الناس فيقول لرسوله خذ ما تيسر واترك ما عسر وتجاوز لعل الله تعالى أن يتجاوز عنا فلما هلك قال الله عز وجل له هل عملت خيرا قط قال لا إلا أنه كان لي غلام وكنت أداين الناس فإذا بعثته ليتقاضى قلت له خذ ما تيسر واترك ما عسر وتجاوز لعل الله يتجاوز عنا قال الله تعالى قد تجاوزت عنك
Sourcing, sahih. Ahmad reported it, 2/361, from the hadith of Layth bin Saad, with this chain, and it is in Kubra, no. 6293. Hakim graded it sahih according to the criteria of Muslim, 2/28, and Dhahabi agreed with him.Ibn Ajlan used the term "an" (indicating possible non-direct transmission), but Hisham bin Saad corroborated him, as found with Abu Naeem in Hilyat Awliya, 8/326, in abridged form. The hadith has supporting narrations, among them the hadith that follows.