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muslim:1147Hārūn b. Saʿīd al-Aylī And ʾAḥmad b. ʿĪsá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

If anyone dies in a state (that he had to complete) some fasts, his heir must fast on his behalf.  

مسلم:١١٤٧وَحَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَيْلِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ صِيَامٌ صَامَ عَنْهُ وَلِيُّهُ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:1952Muḥammad b. Khālid > Muḥammad b. Mūsá b. Aʿyan from my father > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever died and he ought to have fasted (the missed days of Ramadan) then his guardians must fast on his behalf."  

البخاري:١٩٥٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ أَعْيَنَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ صِيَامٌ صَامَ عَنْهُ وَلِيُّهُ  

تَابَعَهُ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ عَمْرٍو وَرَوَاهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ
abudawud:2400Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ as saying: If anyone dies when some fast is due from him (i.e. which he could not keep) his heir must fast on his behalf. Abu Dawud said: This applies to the fast which a man vows ; and this is the opinion of Ahmad b. Hanbal.  

أبو داود:٢٤٠٠حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ صِيَامٌ صَامَ عَنْهُ وَلِيُّهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ هَذَا فِي النَّذْرِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ
abudawud:3311Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ as saying: If anyone dies when some fast due from him has been unfulfilled, his heir must fast on his behalf.  

أبو داود:٣٣١١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ صِيَامٌ صَامَ عَنْهُ وَلِيُّهُ  

ahmad:24401Yaḥyá > Ibn Lahīʿah And Mūsá b. Dāwud > Ibn Lahīʿah > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] She asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Musa (Moses) said, "Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Whoever dies while fasting, his guardian will fast on his behalf."  

أحمد:٢٤٤٠١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ وَمُوسَى بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا سَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺوَقَالَ مُوسَى إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ صِيَامٌ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ عَنْهُ وَلِيُّهُ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ الصَّوْمَ لَا يَجُوزُ مِنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْ أَحَدٍ

ibnhibban:3569ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah n

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever died and he ought to have fasted (the missed days of Ramadan) then his guardians must fast on his behalf." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1952)  

ابن حبّان:٣٥٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ صِيَامٌ صَامَ عَنْهُ وَلِيُّهُ»  

nasai-kubra:2931ʿAlī b. ʿUthmān al-Ḥarrānī al-Nufaylī And ʾIsmāʿīl b. Yaʿqūb al-Ḥarrānī al-Ṣabīḥī > Ibn Mūsá Wahū Muḥammad b. Mūsá b. Aʿyan al-Ḥarrānī from my father > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ as saying: If anyone dies when some fast is due from him (i.e. which he could not keep) his heir must fast on his behalf. Abu Dawud said: This applies to the fast which a man vows ; and this is the opinion of Ahmad b. Hanbal. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2400)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٩٣١أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ النُّفَيْلِيُّ وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ الصَّبِيحِيُّ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مُوسَى وَهُوَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ أَعْيَنَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ صِيَامٌ صَامَ عَنْهُ وَلِيُّهُ»  

bayhaqi:8222Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Bakr b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī Waʾabū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq Waʾabū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sulamī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Ṣaghānī > ʿAmr b. al-Rabīʿ b. Ṭāriq > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ as saying: If anyone dies when some fast is due from him (i.e. which he could not keep) his heir must fast on his behalf. Abu Dawud said: This applies to the fast which a man vows ; and this is the opinion of Ahmad b. Hanbal. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2400)   

البيهقي:٨٢٢٢أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي وَأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ وَأَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ طَارِقٍ أنبأ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ أَنَّ

رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ صِيَامٌ صَامَ عَنْهُ وَلِيُّهُ