Abu Hafs Al Abar reported from his father that he said:
كان لي عند ابن شبرمة حاجه فقضاها فأتيته أشكره
I was in need of something and Ibn Shubrumah did a favour for me so I went to thank him.
فقال على أي شئ تشكرني
So he asked me, “What are you thanking me for?”
قلت قضيت لي حاجة
So I replied, “For helping me out in a time of need.”
فقال اذهب إذا سألت صديقك حاجه يقدر على قضائها فلم يبذل نفسه وماله فتوضأ للصلاة وكبر عليه أربعا وعدة في الموتى
So he said, “Leave. For if you ever ask a friend for help and he has the ability yet he makes no effort to help you, then make wudhu, stand for prayer, make 4 takbeers and consider him thereon from the deceased.
[Tarikh Dimashq 34/307]
