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darimi:1809 – Sahl b. Ḥammād > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās > Āmraʾah Nadharat

[Machine] When she died, her brother went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked him about it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "If she had a debt, would you not be responsible for it?" He replied, "Yes." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "So fulfill the rights of Allah, as Allah is more deserving of fulfillment." He said, "So he fasted on her behalf."  

الدارمي:١٨٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً نَذَرَتْ

أَنْ تَصُومَ فَمَاتَتْ فَجَاءَ أَخُوهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهَا دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتَ قَاضِيَهُ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَاقْضُوا اللَّهَ اللَّهُ أَحَقُّ بِالْوَفَاءِ» قَالَ فَصَامَ عَنْهَا  

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bukhari:6699 – Ādam > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said to him, "My sister vowed to perform the Hajj, but she died (before fulfilling it)." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Would you not have paid her debts if she had any?" The man said, "Yes." The Prophet ﷺ said, "So pay Allah's Rights, as He is more entitled to receive His rights."  

البخاري:٦٦٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

أَتَى رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنَّ أُخْتِي نَذَرَتْ أَنْ تَحُجَّ وَإِنَّهَا مَاتَتْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهَا دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتَ قَاضِيَهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاقْضِ اللَّهَ فَهْوَ أَحَقُّ بِالْقَضَاءِ  

nasai:2632 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās > Āmraʾah Nadharat

a woman vowed to perform Hajj but she died. Her brother came to the Prophet and asked him about that, he said: 'Do yhou think that if your sister owed a debt you wouold pay it off?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then fulfill the right of Allah, for He is more deserving that His rights should be fulfilled.'''  

النسائي:٢٦٣٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً نَذَرَتْ

أَنْ تَحُجَّ فَمَاتَتْ فَأَتَى أَخُوهَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُخْتِكَ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتَ قَاضِيَهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاقْضُوا اللَّهَ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِالْوَفَاءِ  

ahmad:2140 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās > Āmraʾah Nadharat

a woman vowed to perform Hajj but she died. Her brother came to the Prophet and asked him about that, he said: 'Do yhou think that if your sister owed a debt you wouold pay it off?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then fulfill the right of Allah, for He is more deserving that His rights should be fulfilled.''' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2632)  

أحمد:٢١٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً نَذَرَتْ

أَنْ تَحُجَّ فَمَاتَتْ فَأَتَى أَخُوهَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُخْتِكَ دَيْنٌأَكُنْتَ قَاضِيَهُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاقْضُوا اللهَ ﷻ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِالْوَفَاءِ  

darimi:2377 – Sahl b. Ḥammād > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās > Āmraʾah Nadharat

[Machine] "To perform the Hajj and then die, and her brother came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked him about it, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, 'If she had any debts, would you have been her judge?' He said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Then fulfill the obligations on behalf of Allah, for Allah is more entitled to fulfill the obligations.'"  

الدارمي:٢٣٧٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً نَذَرَتْ

أَنْ تَحُجَّ فَمَاتَتْ فَجَاءَ أَخُوهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهَا دَيْنٌ أكُنْتَ قَاضِيَهُ» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَاقْضُوا اللَّهَ فَاللَّهُ أَحَقُّ بِالْوَفَاءِ»  

nasai-kubra:3598 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad / Ibn Jaʿfar Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās > Āmraʾah Nadharat

a woman vowed to perform Hajj but she died. Her brother came to the Prophet and asked him about that, he said: 'Do yhou think that if your sister owed a debt you wouold pay it off?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then fulfill the right of Allah, for He is more deserving that His rights should be fulfilled.''' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2632)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٥٩٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ غُنْدَرٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً نَذَرَتْ

أَنْ تَحُجَّ فَمَاتَتْ فَأَتَى أَخُوهَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُخْتِكَ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتَ قَاضِيَهُ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَاقْضُوا اللهَ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِالْوَفَاءِ»  

bayhaqi:12627 – Abū Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Qaṭṭān > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥārith > Yaḥyá b. Abū Bukayr > Shuʿbah > Jaʿfar b. Iyās > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said to him, "My sister vowed to perform the Hajj, but she died (before fulfilling it)." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Would you not have paid her debts if she had any?" The man said, "Yes." The Prophet ﷺ said, "So pay Allah's Rights, as He is more entitled to receive His rights." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6699)   

البيهقي:١٢٦٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْقَطَّانُ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ إِيَاسٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أُخْتِي نَذَرَتْ أَنْ تَحُجَّ وَإِنَّهَا مَاتَتْ قَالَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهَا دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتَ قَاضِيَهُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ فَاقْضُوا اللهَ؛ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِالْوَفَاءِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ آدَمَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ