Kab bin Malik said that in the time of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم he made demand in the mosque for payment of a debt due to him from Ibn Abi Hadrad, and their voices rose till the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم, who was in his house, heard them. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم then went out to them and, removing the curtain of his apartment, he called to Kab bin Malik, addressing: Kab! He said: At your service, Messenger of Allah. Thereupon he made a gesture with is hand indicating: Remit half the debt due to you. Kab said: I shall do so, Messenger of Allah. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم then said: Get up and discharge