Question: Assalamu alaikum, who bears the difference in currency if the debtor delayed the repayment of the debt to the creditor without excuse for ten years, for example, whether the debt is a wage or loan? From Abu Yasser Answer: Wa Alaikum Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh, Liable fixed wages is like a debt, whoever owes a debt to another person, he must fulfil it according to the terms agreed between themselves. If the debtor delays in the payment of the debt, then it is considered: If he is in hardship, the creditor must respite him until his financial conditions improve and he is able to repay the debt, as the Almighty said, عُسْرَةٍ فَنَظِرَةٌ إِلَى مَيْسَرَةٍ "And if someone is in hardship, then [let there be] postponement until [a time of] ease." (Al-Baqara: 280) وَإِنْ كَانَ ذُو But if the debtor is capable to fulfil his debt but refrains from paying it, he is forced to fulfil the debt, and if he does not then he would be punished, acco
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