Agreed upon.
1375 – Abū Ṣafwān Suwayd ibn Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Mahrama al-ʿAbdī and I brought a shipment of cloth from Hajar. The Prophet ﷺ came to us and bargained for a pair of trousers. I had with me a man who weighed goods for a fee, so the Prophet ﷺ said to the weigher, ‘Weigh it out and add a little extra.’” Reported by Abū Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhī, who graded it ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ (sound and authentic).
[Explanation]
These are further hadiths that praise leniency in buying and selling, in settling debts, and in collecting them. Many traditions on this topic have already been cited. The narrations the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentions concern someone who grants an insolvent debtor a delay, or even waives the debt altogether. Such a person will be shaded by Allah in His shade on a Day when there is no shade but His. “Grants him respite” means he allows him time until Allah grants him ease—and this, as noted earlier, is obligatory. Cancelling the debt entirely is better and more complete, for it clears the debtor’s liability altogether, whereas granting a delay merely postpones collection while the debt still rests on the debtor’s shoulders.
The author then quotes two hadiths that speak of weighing and giving extra. The hadith of Jābir (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Prophet ﷺ bought something from him, weighed out the payment, and added more—meaning he gave a generous weight. In those days people dealt with coins by weight rather than by count, even though they sometimes counted them; most transactions, however, were by weight, as in the hadith, “No zakāt is due on less than five awāq …”