741 – Abu Saʿid al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “In the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a man was struck by a loss in some fruit he had purchased, and his debts grew large. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Give him charity.’ The people gave him charity, yet it still was not enough to discharge his debt. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said to his creditors, ‘Take whatever you can find, for you have no claim to anything beyond that.’ ” Reported by Muslim.⦗1⦘

Vocabulary of the ḥadith
• ʾuṣība: Al-Muḥīṭ states that “ʾuṣībathu al-muṣība iṣāba” means a calamity befell him and overtook him. The word muṣība (calamity) is used for related senses such as an affliction, a grave misfortune, hardship, or any unpleasant matter that befalls a person. Its plural is maṣāʾib, with a hamzah—an irregular form whose origin is maṣāʿib. It is as though the root consonant was treated like an added letter and therefore changed to a hamzah in maṣāʾib.
• ibtāʿahā: meaning “he bought it,” as previously explained.