Debt

Refuge from owing, and from what leads there

Asked in the prayer itself. When questioned about mentioning debt so often, he ﷺ explained why.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْمَأْثَمِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-ma'thami wa-l-maghram.

“O Allah, I seek refuge in You from sin and from debt.”

He was asked why he sought refuge from debt so often. He said that when a man is in debt he speaks and lies, and promises and breaks it.

The full narration

Narrated `Aisha:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to invoke Allah in the prayer saying, "O Allah, I seek refuge with you from all sins, and from being in debt." Someone said, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! (I see) very often you seek refuge with Allah from being in debt. He replied, "If a person is in debt, he tells lies when he speaks, and breaks his promises when he promises

Source

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 2397

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