28 – Qadi Abu al-Qasim informed us; Abu ‘Ali narrated to us; ‘Abd Allah narrated to us; ‘Ubayd Allah ibn ‘Umar narrated to us; Ja‘far ibn Sulayman al-Duba‘i narrated to us; Hisham narrated to us, from ‘Abbad ibn Abi ‘Ali, who said:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever would like his own anxiety relieved and his supplication answered should make things easy for a debtor in difficulty, or at least pray for him, for Allah loves the rescue of the distressed.”

Ja‘far said: It was asked of Hisham, “What is al-lahfān (the distressed)?” He replied, “By Allah, it is the one overwhelmed with hardship.”