Are the rights of people forgiven by repentance, and do the hadiths about depriving the debtor of Paradise include those unable to pay or those who procrastinate? What is the way to be absolved from the rights of people if that is difficult or impossible, and are the rights of people settled after crossing the Sirat?
If the debtor sincerely and faithfully strives to repay what is owed, then repentance is valid, Allah willing. If he is unable to fulfill the rights of people until his death, it is hoped that Allah the Almighty will appease his adversaries. Allah the Almighty may appease the adversaries on the Day of Resurrection on behalf of penitent wrongdoers who have a hidden good deed of righteous work.
As for rights whose owners cannot be found, if they are material, they should be given as charity on their behalf. The settlement of rights between people will occur after crossing the Sirat, where they will be detained on a bridge between Paradise and Hell. There, they will settle the injustices that occurred between them in the worldly life, and then they will be permitted to enter Paradise. This applies to believers whom Allah wills to save, as Allah will cast forgiveness into the hearts of their adversaries, or compensate them.
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