It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: “There was a man who never did any good deed, but he used to lend to people and he would say to his messenger: ‘Take what can be paid easily and leave what is difficult; let them off, and perhaps Allah, the Most High, will let us off.’ When he died, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, said to him: ‘Did you ever do any good deed?’ He said: ‘No, but I had a slave and I used to lend to people. When I sent him to collect the debts I said to him: Take what can be paid easily and leave what is difficult; let them off, and perhaps Allah will let us off.” Allah, the Most High, said: ‘I have let you off.” (Sahih)