Is a non-Muslim trader permitted to remain in Hijaz to collect a deferred debt?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Jizya

Book 55 · Issue 5 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

If the debt is deferred (*mu'ajjal*), the trader is not permitted to remain. Instead, an agent should be appointed to collect it on their behalf, because the deferment was due to the trader's own prior arrangement or concession.