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ahmad:22572 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was visited by a man from the Ansar so that the Prophet may pray for him. The Prophet said, "Pray for your companion, as he has a debt." Abu Qatadah said, "I will pay it off, O Messenger of Allah?" The Prophet said, "With fulfilling it?" Abu Qatadah said, "With fulfilling it." So, the Prophet prayed for him, and his debt was only eighteen or nineteen dirhams.  

أحمد:٢٢٥٧٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِفَقَالَ صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ؛ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنًا قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ هُوَ عَلَيَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ بِالْوَفَاءِ؟ قَالَ بِالْوَفَاءِ قَالَ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ أَوْ تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ دِرْهَمًا  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
nasai:4692 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Shuʿbah > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

"Your companion owes a debt. " Abu Qutdah said: "I will guarantee it for him. "The prophet said: "In full?" He said: "In full." (Sahah)  

النسائي:٤٦٩٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ أُتِيَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ دَيْنًا فَقَالَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ أَنَا أَتَكَفَّلُ بِهِ قَالَ بِالْوَفَاءِ قَالَ بِالْوَفَاءِ  

nasai:1960 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

a man was brought to the Prophet for him to offer the funeral prayer, and he said: "Pray for your companion, for he owes a debt." Abu Qatadah said: " I will pay it." The Prophet said: "In full?" He said: "In full." So he prayed for him  

النسائي:١٩٦٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنًا قَالَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ هُوَ عَلَىَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالْوَفَاءِ قَالَ بِالْوَفَاءِ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ  

tirmidhi:1069 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

The Prophet was brought a (deceased) man to perform Salat over. So the Prophet said: "Pray for your companion; for indeed he had a debt upon him." Abu Qatadah said: "It shall be upon me." So the Messenger of Allah said: "To pay it off?" (He said: "To pay it off.") So he performed the prayer for him.  

الترمذي:١٠٦٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنًا قَالَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ هُوَ عَلَىَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْوَفَاءِ قَالَ بِالْوَفَاءِ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ وَسَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ وَأَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ibnmajah:2407 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Abū ʿĀmir > Shuʿbah > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

“I heard 'Abdullah bin Abu Qatadah narrate from his father that a corpse was brought to the Prophet ﷺ for him to offer the funeral prayer, and he said: 'Pray for your companion, for he owes a debt.' Abu Qatadah said: 'I will stand surely for him?' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'In full?' He said: 'In full.” And the debt he owed was eighteen or nineteen Dirham.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٤٠٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِجِنَازَةٍ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنًا فَقَالَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ أَنَا أَتَكَفَّلُ بِهِ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالْوَفَاءِ قَالَ بِالْوَفَاءِ وَكَانَ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ أَوْ تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ دِرْهَمًا  

darimi:2635 – Saʿīd b. ʿĀmir And ʾAbū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

a man was brought to the Prophet for him to offer the funeral prayer, and he said: "Pray for your companion, for he owes a debt." Abu Qatadah said: " I will pay it." The Prophet said: "In full?" He said: "In full." So he prayed for him (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1960)   

الدارمي:٢٦٣٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ وَأَبُو الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنًا» قَالَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ هُوَ عَلَيَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «بِالْوَفَاءِ؟» قَالَ بِالْوَفَاءِ قَالَ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ قَدْ يَوْهِمُ غَيْرَ الْمُتَبَحِّرِ فِي صِنَاعَةِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّهُ مُضَادُّ لِلْخَبَرَيْنِ الْأَوَّلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ ذَكَرْنَاهُمَا

ibnhibban:3060 – al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > Abū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

“I heard 'Abdullah bin Abu Qatadah narrate from his father that a corpse was brought to the Prophet ﷺ for him to offer the funeral prayer, and he said: 'Pray for your companion, for he owes a debt.' Abu Qatadah said: 'I will stand surely for him?' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'In full?' He said: 'In full.” And the debt he owed was eighteen or nineteen Dirham.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2407)   

ابن حبّان:٣٠٦٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أُتِيَ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنًا» فَقَالَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ أَنَا أَكْفُلُ بِهِ قَالَ «بِالْوَفَاءِ؟ » قَالَ بِالْوَفَاءِ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ عَلَيْهِ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ أَوْ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ دِرْهَمًا  

nasai-kubra:2098 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwd > Shuʿbah > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

a man was brought to the Prophet for him to offer the funeral prayer, and he said: "Pray for your companion, for he owes a debt." Abu Qatadah said: " I will pay it." The Prophet said: "In full?" He said: "In full." So he prayed for him (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1960)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٠٩٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاودَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنًا» قَالَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ هُوَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالْوَفَاءِ قَالَ بِالْوَفَاءِ قَالَ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ  

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السيوطي:٦٣٨-٩b –

"عَنْ أَبِى قَتَادَةَ قَالَ أُتِى النَّبِىُّ ﷺ بِجِنازة رَجُل مِن قَوْمِى يُصَلِى عَلَيْهَا، فَقَالَ عَلى صَاحبكَ دَيْن؟ فَالُوا نَعَمْ، عَليه بضعة عَشْرَ دِرْهمًا، قَالَ فَصلوا عَلى صَاحِبكُم، قَلْت: هِىَ علىَّ يَا رَسُولَ الله، فَصَلَّى عَلَيه".