Manhaj al-Salikin wa Tawdih al-Fiqh fi al-Din - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (156)

CHAPTER ON SETTLEMENT

370—The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Settlement is permissible among Muslims, except a settlement that prohibits what is lawful or permits what is unlawful.” 1. Reported by Abū Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhī.

Al-Tirmidhī graded it good and authentic, and al-Hākim declared it authentic 2, 3.

371—If he reaches a settlement with him concerning a specific item of property in exchange for another specific item or a debt, it is permissible.

372—If someone owes him a debt and he settles it in exchange for a specific item, or for another debt that he takes possession of before they part, it is permissible.

373—The settlement is also valid if he reaches an agreement with him for a specified right of use in his real estate or other property; if he settles a deferred debt by accepting part of it immediately; or if someone owes him a debt whose amount neither of them knows and he settles it for something 4.

(1) In T, the phrase “permits what is unlawful” comes first. (2) Its source was cited above in paragraph 399. (3) In A, the hadith is not quoted; rather, it reads: “The hadith narrated by al-Tirmidhī was cited above: ‘Settlement is permissible among Muslims.’” (4) The shaykh affirmed that it is permissible to settle a deferred debt by accepting part of it immediately. This is the issue known as “Reduce [the debt] =

بَابُ الصُّلْحِ ٣٧٠- قَالَ اَلنَّبِيُّ ﷺ: "اَلصُّلْحُ جَائِزٌ بَيْنَ اَلْمُسْلِمِينَ، إِلَّا صُلْحًا حرَّم حلالًا أو أحل حرامًا" ١. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَاَلتِّرْمِذِيُّ. وَقَالَ: حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ، وَصَحَّحَهُ اَلْحَاكِمُ ٢، ٣. ٣٧١- فَإِذَا صَالَحَهُ عَنْ عَيْنٍ بِعَيْنٍ أخرى، أبو بدَين: جَازَ. ٣٧٢- وَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَصَالِحْهُ عَنْهُ بِعَيْنٍ، أَوْ بدَين قَبَضَهُ قَبْلَ التفرق: جاز. ٣٧٣- أَوْ صَالَحَهُ عَلَى مَنْفَعَةٍ فِي عَقَارِهِ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ مَعْلُومَةٍ، أَوْ صَالَحَ عَنِ اَلدَّيْنِ اَلْمُؤَجَّلِ بِبَعْضِهِ حَالاًّ، أَوْ كَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ لَا يَعْلَمَانِ قَدْرَهُ فَصَالَحَهُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ: صَحَّ ذلك ٤.

١ في "ط": قدم "أحل حراما". ٢ تقدم تخريجه في الفقرة "٣٩٩". ٣ في "أ" لم يذكر الحديث، وإنما قال: تقدم الحديث الذي رواه الترمذي: الصلح جائز بين المسلمين. ٤ قرر الشيخ جواز الصلح عن المؤجل ببعضه حالًا، وهي مسألة "ضع =