Sahīh al-Bukhārī, it is related from Abd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr that he said: “I calculated al-Zubayr’s debts and found that they amounted to two million two hundred thousand.” He said: “His debts arose only because a man would bring him money to entrust to him for safekeeping, and al-Zubayr would say, ‘No, rather it is a loan, for I fear it might be lost.’”

This is common among people: they wish to transport their money to another place, so they lend it to someone solvent. If this occurs among human beings who are themselves in need, how then