Sufyan, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, from Ibn 'Abbas, regarding "for a specified term," he said: For a known term.

His saying, the Exalted: "then write it down"

2950 - Yunus b. Habib narrated to us, Abu Dawud reported to us, Hammad b. Salamah reported to us, from 'Ali b. Zayd, from Yusuf b. Mihran, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, regarding the saying of Allah: "O you who have believed, when you contract a debt for a specified term, then write it down," that the first person to deny was Adam (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Allah showed him... he saw a man, bright, whose light was radiant. He said: "O my Lord, who is this?" He said: "This is your son David." He said: "O my Lord, what is his lifespan?" He said: "Sixty years." He said: "O my Lord, increase his lifespan." He said: "No, unless you increase it from your own life." He said: "And what is my lifespan?" He said: "One thousand years." Adam said: "I have gifted forty years to him." He said: So Allah wrote a document for him and had His angels witness it. When death approached him and the angels came to him, he said: "There are still forty years remaining of my life." They said: "You gifted them to your son David." He said: "I did not gift anything to anyone." He said: So Allah brought out the document, and the angels testified to it.

2951 - My father narrated to us, Abu Salih reported to us, Mu'awiyah b. Salih narrated to me, from 'Ali b. Abi Talhah, from Ibn 'Abbas, regarding his saying: "when you contract a debt for a specified term, then write it down," he said: He commanded testimony at the time of contracting a debt so that denial and forgetfulness would not enter into it. So whoever does not call for witness in that regard has disobeyed.

2952 - 'Ali b. al-Husayn narrated to us, Musa b. Harun al-Dulabi reported to us, Marwan reported to us, from Juwaybir, from al-Dahhak, regarding his saying: "O you who have believed, when you contract a debt for a specified term, then write it down," he said: Whatever sale there is, small or large, for a specified term, then Allah has commanded regarding it writing and evidence until its term.

2953 - My father narrated to us, Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Rahman reported to us, 'Abd Allah b. Abi Ja'far reported to us, from his father, from al-Rabi', regarding his saying: "then write it down," he said: This was obligatory.

2954 - Sa'id b. 'Amr al-Sukuni al-Himsi informed us in what he wrote to me, Baqiyyah reported to us, from...