Markaz Mu'aadh bin Jabal (Official)

Jumu'ah Khutbah- 04/09/2026 The Seriousness of Debt: A Trust That Must Be Repaid in This Life or in The Hereafter By Ustādh Abu 'Abdur Rahmān Saleem (may Allāh preserve him) • No one will escape the reckoning of Allāh. • Every right that has been violated will be justly restored to its rightful owner on the Day of Judgement. • Among the affairs in which negligence and injustice frequently occur are financial dealings. • One such injustice is borrowing people's money whilst being negligent or careless about repaying it. • A Muslim should not be hasty or careless when taking on debt, particularly when there is no genuine need for doing so. • Before borrowing, a person should sincerely ask themselves: Do I really need to borrow this money? Am I genuinely able to repay it? Or am I simply living beyond my means? • The Prophet ﷺ would seek refuge in Allāh from falling into debt. • Debt can become a cause of lying and breaking promises. • Debt can ruin friendships, damage relationships and even divide families. • The matter of debt is so serious that Allāh revealed an entire verse concerning it , the longest verse in the Qur’ān. • The Prophet ﷺ informed us that the martyr is forgiven for everything except debt. • Such was the seriousness of debt that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would refrain from personally offering the funeral prayer over someone who had died whilst he had a debt. • Particularly severe is the matter of borrowing money without having the intention to repay it. • Hadeeth: The only recompense for a loan is to praise the lender and repay him. • Hadeeth: The best of you are those who are best in repaying their debts. https://soundcloud.com/markazmuaadh/jumuah-khutbah-04-09-2026-the