Al-Baqarah 2:283 ۞ وان كنتم على سفر ولم تجدوا كاتبا فرهان مقبوضة فان امن بعضكم بعضا فليود الذي اوتمن امانته وليتق الله ربه ولا تكتموا الشهادة ومن يكتمها فانه اثم قلبه والله بما تعملون عليم ٢٨٣
۞ وَإِن
كُنتُمۡ
عَلَىٰ
سَفَرٖ
وَلَمۡ
تَجِدُواْ
كَاتِبٗا
فَرِهَٰنٞ
مَّقۡبُوضَةٞۖ
فَإِنۡ
أَمِنَ
بَعۡضُكُم
بَعۡضٗا
فَلۡيُؤَدِّ
ٱلَّذِي
ٱؤۡتُمِنَ
أَمَٰنَتَهُۥ
وَلۡيَتَّقِ
ٱللَّهَ
رَبَّهُۥۗ
وَلَا
تَكۡتُمُواْ
ٱلشَّهَٰدَةَۚ
وَمَن
يَكۡتُمۡهَا
فَإِنَّهُۥٓ
ءَاثِمٞ
قَلۡبُهُۥۗ
وَٱللَّهُ
بِمَا
تَعۡمَلُونَ
عَلِيمٞ
٢٨٣
And if you are on a journey and do not find a scribe to write the document then resort to taking pledges in hand.1 But if any of you trusts another, let him who is trusted, fulfil the trust and fear Allah, his Lord. And do not conceal what you have witnessed,2 for whoever conceals it, his heart is sinful. Allah has full knowledge of all that you do.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
What is the `Mortgaging' Mentioned in the Ayah
Allah said,
وَإِن كُنتُمْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ
(And if you are on a journey) meaning, traveling and some of you borrowed some money to be paid at a later date,
وَلَمْ تَجِدُواْ كَاتِبًا
(and cannot find a scribe) who would record the debt for you. Ibn `Abbas said, "
…What is the `Mortgaging' Mentioned in the Ayah
Allah said,
وَإِن كُنتُمْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ
(And if you are on a journey) meaning, traveling and some of you bo
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