Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
bayhaqi:8225 – Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bishrān al-ʿAdl> Abū Muḥammad Daʿlaj b. Aḥmad > ʿAbdullāh b. al-a neighborūd > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd > Abū Khālid > al-Aʿmash > al-Ḥakam And Muslim al-Baṭīn And Salamah b. Kuhayl > Saʿīd b. Jubayr Wamujāhid Waʿaṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, indeed my sister has passed away and she owed two consecutive months of fasting." He ﷺ said, "Would you have paid off her debt if she had owed money?" She said, "Yes." He said, "Then the right of Allah is more deserving."  

البيهقي:٨٢٢٥ – كَمَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ دَعْلَجُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْجَارُودِ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا أَبُو خَالِدٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ وَمُسْلِمٍ الْبَطِينِ وَسَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ وَمُجَاهِدٍ وَعَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُخْتِي مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتِ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُخْتِكِ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتِ تَقْضِينَهُ؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَحَقُّ اللهِ أَحَقُّ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْأَشَجِّ وَقَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَيُذْكَرُ عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ فَذَكَرَهُ وَرَوَاهُ شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
tirmidhi:716 – Abū Saʿīd al-Ashaj > Abū Khālid al-Aḥmar > al-Aʿmash > Salamah b. Kuhayl And Muslim al-Baṭīn > Saʿīd b. Jubayr Waʿaṭāʾ Wamujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās

"A woman came to the Prophet and said: 'My sister died while she had two consecutive months of fasting due.' So he said: 'Do you not see that if there was a debt due from your sister then you would have to pay it?' She said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then the right of Allah is more appropriate.'"  

الترمذي:٧١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الأَحْمَرُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ وَمُسْلِمٍ الْبَطِينِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ وَعَطَاءٍ وَمُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أُخْتِي مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صَوْمُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتِ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُخْتِكِ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتِ تَقْضِينَهُ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَحَقُّ اللَّهِ أَحَقُّ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ بُرَيْدَةَ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ وَعَائِشَةَ  

ibnmajah:1758 – ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd > Abū Khālid al-Aḥmar > al-Aʿmash > Muslim al-Baṭīn And al-Ḥakam And Salamah b. Kuhayl > Saʿīd b. Jubayr Waʿaṭāʾ Wamujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās

“A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, my sister has died and she owed a fast of two consecutive months.’ He said: ‘Do you not think that if your sister owed a debt, you would pay it off for her?’ She said: ‘Of course.’ He said: ‘The right of Allah is greater.’”  

ابن ماجة:١٧٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الأَحْمَرُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ الْبَطِينِ وَالْحَكَمِ وَسَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ وَعَطَاءٍ وَمُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أُخْتِي مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتِ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُخْتِكِ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتِ تَقْضِينَهُ قَالَتْ بَلَى قَالَ فَحَقُّ اللَّهِ أَحَقُّ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْمُوَاقِعَ أَهْلَهُ فِي رَمَضَانَ إِذَا وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ صِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ، فَفَرَّطَ فِيهِ إِلَى أَنْ نَزَلَتِ الْمَنِيَّةُ بِهِ قُضِيَ الصَّوْمُ عَنْهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ

ibnhibban:3530 – Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Khālid al-Aḥmar > al-Aʿmash > al-Ḥakam And Salamah b. Kuhayl Wamuslim al-Baṭīn > Saʿīd b. Jubayr Wamujāhid Waʿaṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

“A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, my sister has died and she owed a fast of two consecutive months.’ He said: ‘Do you not think that if your sister owed a debt, you would pay it off for her?’ She said: ‘Of course.’ He said: ‘The right of Allah is greater.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1758)  

ابن حبّان:٣٥٣٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ وَسَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ وَمُسْلِمٍ الْبَطِينِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ وَمُجَاهِدٍ وَعَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أُخْتِي مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ قَالَ «أَرَأَيْتِ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُخْتِكِ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتِ تَقْضِينَهُ؟ » قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَحَقُّ اللَّهِ أَحَقُّ»  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ نَفَى جَوَازِ صَوْمِ أَحَدٍ عَنْ أَحَدٍ

ibnhibban:3570 – al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Aṣbahānī Bi-al-Karkh > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd al-Kindī > Abū Khālid al-Aḥmar > al-Aʿmash > al-Ḥakam And Muslim al-Baṭīn And Salamah b. Kuhayl > Saʿīd b. Jubayr Waʿaṭāʾ Wamujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās

“A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, my sister has died and she owed a fast of two consecutive months.’ He said: ‘Do you not think that if your sister owed a debt, you would pay it off for her?’ She said: ‘Of course.’ He said: ‘The right of Allah is greater.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1758)   

ابن حبّان:٣٥٧٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ بِالْكَرْخِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْكِنْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ وَمُسْلِمٍ الْبَطِينِ وَسَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ وَعَطَاءٍ وَمُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أُخْتِي مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَرَأَيْتِ لَوَ كَانَ عَلَى أُخْتِكِ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتِ تَقْضِينَهُ؟ » قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَحَقُّ اللَّهِ أَحَقُّ»  

nasai-kubra:2926 – ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd > Abū Khālid > al-Aʿmash > Salamah And al-Ḥakam Wamuslim > Saʿīd b. Jubayr Waʿaṭāʾ Wamujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās

“A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, my sister has died and she owed a fast of two consecutive months.’ He said: ‘Do you not think that if your sister owed a debt, you would pay it off for her?’ She said: ‘Of course.’ He said: ‘The right of Allah is greater.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1758)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٩٢٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ وَالْحَكَمِ وَمُسْلِمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ وَعَطَاءٍ وَمُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أُخْتِي مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ قَالَ «أَرَأَيْتِ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُخْتَكِ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتِ تَقْضِينَهُ؟» قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَحَقُّ اللهِ أَحَقُّ»  

bayhaqi:8223 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Faḍl b. Ibrāhīm > Aḥmad b. Salamah > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > al-Aʿmash > Muslim al-Baṭīn > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "A woman came to the Prophet (PBUH) and said, 'Indeed, my mother has died while she had a month of fasting left.' He (PBUH) said, 'Do you think that if she had a debt, you would have paid it off for her?' She said, 'Yes.' So he (PBUH) said, 'The debt of Allah is more deserving of being paid off.'"  

البيهقي:٨٢٢٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْفَضْلِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أنبأ عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ الْبَطِينِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صَوْمُ شَهْرٍ فَقَالَ أَرَأَيْتِ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهَا دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتِ تَقْضِينَهُ عَنْهَا؟ فَقَالَتْ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ دَيْنُ اللهِ أَحَقُّ بِالْقَضَاءِ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَبِمَعْنَاهُ رَوَاهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ وَجَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ وَرَوَاهُ زَائِدَةُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ