Al-Báqara 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
If you are on a journey, and find no scribe, then (you may have resort to holding something as) mortgage, taken into possession. However, if one of you trusts the other, then the one who has been trusted should fulfill his trust, and should fear Allah, his Lord. Do not conceal testimony. Whoever conceals it, his heart is surely, sinful. Allah is All-Aware of what 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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