Hadith 3006 Part A

I and my father set out in search of knowledge to a tribe of the Ansar before their death (i. e. before the Companions of the Prophet left the world) and I was the first to meet Abu Yasar , a Companion of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and there was a young man with him who carried the record of letters with him and there was a mantle prepared by the tribe of Ma'afiri upon him. And his servant too had a Ma'afiri mantle over him. My father said to him : My uncle , I see the signs of anger or that of agony on your face. He said : Yes , such and such person , the son of so and so , of the tribe of Harami owed me a debt. I went to his family , extended salutations and said : Where is he ? They said : He is not here. Then came out to me his son who was at the threshold of his youth. I said to him : Where is your father ? He said : No sooner did he hear your sound than he hid himself behind my mother's bedstead. I said to him : Walk out to me , for I know where you are. He came out. I said to him : What prompted you to hide yourself from me ? He said : By God , whatever I would say to you would not be a lie. By Allah , I fear that I should tell a lie to you and in case of making promise with you I should break it , as you are the Companion of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). The fact is that I was hard up in regard to money. I said : Do you adjure by Allah ? He said : I adjure by Allah. I said : Do you adjure by Allah ? He said : I adjure by Allah. I said : Do you adjure by Allah ? He said : I adjure by Allah. Then he brought his promissory note and he wrote off (the debt) with his hand and said : Make payment when you find yourself solvent enough to pay me back ; if you are not , then there is no liability upon you. These two eyes of mine saw , and he (Abu'I-Yasar) placed his fingers upon his eyes and these two ears of mine heard and my heart retained , and he pointed towards his heart that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said : He who gives time to one who is financially hard up (in the payment of debt) or writes off his debt , Allah will provide him His shadow.