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muslim:1148dIsḥāq b. Manṣūr And Ibn Abū Khalaf And ʿAbd b. Ḥumayd > Zakariyyāʾ b. ʿAdī > ʿAbd > Zakariyyāʾ b. ʿAdī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Zayd b. Abū Unaysah > al-Ḥakam b. ʿUtaybah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

A woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah, my mother has died and there is due from her a fast of vow; should I fast on her behalf? Thereupon he said: You see that if your mother had died in debt, would it not have been paid on her behalf? She said: Yes. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Then observe fast on behalf of your mother.  

مسلم:١١٤٨dوَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ وَابْنُ أَبِي خَلَفٍ وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ زَكَرِيَّاءَ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ قَالَ عَبْدٌ حَدَّثَنِي زَكَرِيَّاءُ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ عُتَيْبَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صَوْمُ نَذْرٍ أَفَأَصُومُ عَنْهَا قَالَ أَرَأَيْتِ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُمِّكِ دَيْنٌ فَقَضَيْتِيهِ أَكَانَ يُؤَدِّي ذَلِكِ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَصُومِي عَنْ أُمِّكِ  


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bukhari:7315Musaddad > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "My mother vowed to perform the Hajj but she died before performing it. Should I perform the Hajj on her behalf?" He said, "Yes! Perform the Hajj on her behalf. See, if your mother had been in debt, would you have paid her debt?" She said, "Yes." He said, "So you should pay what is for Him as Allah has more right that one should fulfill one's obligations to Him. "  

البخاري:٧٣١٥حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أُمِّي نَذَرَتْ أَنْ تَحُجَّ فَمَاتَتْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَحُجَّ أَفَأَحُجَّ عَنْهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ حُجِّي عَنْهَا أَرَأَيْتِ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُمِّكِ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتِ قَاضِيَتَهُ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ فَاقْضُوا الَّذِي لَهُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَحَقُّ بِالْوَفَاءِ  

abudawud:3310[Chain 1] Musaddad > Yaḥyá > al-Aʿmash [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash al-Maʿná > Muslim al-Baṭīn > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said (to him) that one month's fast was due from her mother who had died. May I fulfill them on her behalf? He asked: Suppose some debt was due from your mother, would you pay it ? She replied: Yes. He said: So the debt due to Allah is the one which most deserves to be paid.  

أبو داود:٣٣١٠حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الأَعْمَشَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ الْمَعْنَى عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ الْبَطِينِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَلَى أُمِّهَا صَوْمُ شَهْرٍ أَفَأَقْضِيهِ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُمِّكِ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتِ قَاضِيَتَهُ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَدَيْنُ اللَّهِ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُقْضَى  

ahmad:1970Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Muslim al-Baṭīn > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, my mother has passed away and she had a missed fast from the month of Ramadan. Should I make it up for her?" He replied, "Would you not have paid off her debt if she had one?" She said, "Yes." He said, "So the debt owed to Allah ﷻ is more deserving to be paid off."  

أحمد:١٩٧٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ الْبَطِينِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صَوْمُ شَهْرٍ أَفَأَقْضِي عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَرَأَيْتِ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُمِّكِ دَيْنٌ أَمَا كُنْتِ تَقْضِينَهُ؟ قَالَتْ بَلَى قَالَ فَدَيْنُ اللهِ ﷻ 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:3530Aḥmad 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:٣٥٣٠أَخْبَرَنَا 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:3570al-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:٣٥٧٠أَخْبَرَنَا 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»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ نَذَرَ النَّاذِرَةِ إِذَا مَاتَتْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَفِيَ بِنَذْرِهَا لِبَعْضِ قَرَابَتِهَا قَضَاءُ ذَلِكَ النَّذْرِ عَنْهَا، وَإِنْ كَانَ النَّذْرُ صَوْمًا

ibnhibban:4396Abū ʿArūbah > Muḥammad b. Maʿdān al-Ḥarrānī > Sulaymān b. ʿUbaydullāh > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Zayd b. Abū Unaysah > al-Ḥakam > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Indeed, my mother has passed away and she had a fast to fulfill from a vow." The Prophet ﷺ said to her, "Were you her executor of debts if she had any?" She replied, "Yes." He said, "Then fast on behalf of your mother."  

ابن حبّان:٤٣٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَرُوبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صَوْمٌ مِنْ نَذْرٍ فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَكُنْتِ قَاضِيَةً عَنْ أُمِّكِ دَيْنًا لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهَا؟ » قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَصُومِي عَنْ أُمِّكِ»  

tabarani:12512ʿUbayd al-ʿIjl > Yaʿqūb b. Māhān > al-Qāsim b. Mālik al-Muzanī > Layth b. Abū Sulaym > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Saʿīd b. Jubayr from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A woman came from Juhaynah to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, my mother has died without performing Hajj. Should I perform Hajj on her behalf?" He asked her, "If your mother had a debt, would you fulfill it for her?" She replied, "Yes." He said, "Then surely the debt owed to Allah is more deserving to be fulfilled."  

الطبراني:١٢٥١٢حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدٌ الْعِجْلُ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ مَاهَانَ ثنا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ الْمُزَنِيُّ ثنا لَيْثُ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أَتَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ وَلَمْ تَحُجَّ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ «أَرَأَيْتِ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُمُّكِ دَيْنٌ فَقَضَيْتِهِ أَوَفِي ذَلِكَ عَنْهَا؟» قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَدَيْنُ اللهِ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُقْضَى»  

nasai-kubra:2924Qutaybah b. Saʿīd

A woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: My mother has died, and fasts of a month are due from her. Thereupon he said: Don't you see that if debt was due from her, would you not pay it? She said: Yes (I would pay on her behalf). Thereupon he said: The debt of Allah deserves its payment more than (the payment of anyone else). (Using translation from Muslim 1148a)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٩٢٤أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْثَرٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْقَاسِمِ كُوفِيٌّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ الْبَطِينِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صَوْمُ شَهْرٍ أَفَأَصُومُ عَنْهَا؟ فَقَالَ «أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهَا دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتَ تَقْضِيهِ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَدَيْنُ اللهِ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُقْضَى»  

nasai-kubra:2926ʿAbdullāh 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:٢٩٢٦أَخْبَرَنَا 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»  

nasai-kubra:2927al-Ḥusayn b. Manṣūr al-Naysābūrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Maghrāʾ > al-Aʿmash > Muslim al-Baṭīn > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās > al-Ḥakam b. ʿUtaybah > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said (to him) that one month's fast was due from her mother who had died. May I fulfill them on her behalf? He asked: Suppose some debt was due from your mother, would you pay it ? She replied: Yes. He said: So the debt due to Allah is the one which most deserves to be paid. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3310)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٩٢٧أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَغْرَاءَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ الْبَطِينِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَعَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَعَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ أَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صَوْمُ شَهْرٍ أَفَأَقْضِيهِ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ «أَرَأَيْتِ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهَا دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتِ تَقْضِينَهُ؟» قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَدَيْنُ اللهِ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُقْضَى»  

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[Machine] A woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "Indeed, my mother has passed away and she had a vow to fast. Should I fast on her behalf?" He said, "Were you a debtor for your mother, would you have fulfilled her debt?" She said, "Yes." He said, "Then fast on behalf of your mother." Abu 'Abdur Rahman narrated it and Ayyub bin Musa narrated from 'Ata, from Ibn 'Abbas: "No one can fast on behalf of someone else."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٩٢٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ دِينَارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عَدِيٍّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ زَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صَوْمُ نَذْرٍ أَفَأَصُومُ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ «أَكُنْتِ قَاضِيَةً عَنْ أُمِّكِ دَيْنًا لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهَا؟» قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَصُومِي عَنْ أُمِّكِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَرَوَى أَيُّوبُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ لَا يَصُمْ أَحَدٌ عَنْ أَحَدٍ  

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"عَنْ بُرَيْدَةَ: أَنَّ امْرَاةً أَتَتِ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ: يَارَسُولَ اللهِ! إَنَّ أُمِّى مَاتَتْ وَلَمْ تَحُجَّ فَيُجْزِى عَلَىَّ أَنْ أَحُجَّ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ: أَرَأَيْتِ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُمِّكِ دَيْنٌ فَقَضَيْتِهِ أَكَانَ يُجْزِى عَنْهَا؟ قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: فَدَيْنُ اللهِ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُقْضَى".  

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