His statement, “an anthill,” means: the place where the ants live together with the ants themselves.

284 – Chapter: The prohibition of a wealthy person’s delaying payment of a rightful claim once its owner demands it

Allah the Exalted says, “Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to those to whom they are due” (Qur’an 4:58).

He also says, “If one of you puts his trust in another, then let the one who has been entrusted discharge his trust” (Qur’an 2:283).

1618 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The procrastination of a wealthy debtor is wrongdoing, and if any one of you is referred to a solvent person (1), let him accept the referral.” ⦗al-Bukhārī and Muslim⦘

The word “is referred” (utbiʿa) means: he is assigned the debt to another (uḥīla).

285 – Chapter: The reprehensibility of a person’s taking back a gift he has not yet delivered to the recipient; of retracting a gift he gave to his own child, whether or not he has delivered it; and of buying back from the recipient something he had given in charity, or had paid as zakāh, expiation, and the like—while it is permissible to purchase it from a third party after ownership has passed to him.

1619 – Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with them both) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever reclaims his gift is like a dog that returns to its vomit.” ⦗al-Bukhārī and Muslim⦘

In another wording: “The likeness of one who reclaims his charity is that of a dog that vomits, then comes back …”