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nasai-kubra:6448 – al-Ḥusayn b. ʿĪsá > Sufyān > ʿAmr > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"My mother died and did not leave a will; shall I give charity on her behalf?" He said: "Yes." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3654)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٤٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ سَعْدًا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ وَلَمْ تُوصِ أَفَأَتَصَدَّقُ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ»  

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nasai:3654 – al-Ḥusayn b. ʿĪsá > Sufyān > ʿAmr > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"My mother died and did not leave a will; shall I give charity on her behalf?" He said: "Yes."  

النسائي:٣٦٥٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ سَعْدًا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ وَلَمْ تُوصِ أَفَأَتَصَدَّقُ عَنْهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ  

tabarani:5382 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Aḥmad b. Sinān > Yaʿqūb b. Muḥammad al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Saʿīd b. ʿAmr b. Shuraḥbīl > Saʿīd b. Saʿd b. ʿUbādah from his father

[Machine] I said, O Messenger of Allah, Um Saad has passed away and did not make any will. Should I give charity on her behalf? He said, "Yes."  

الطبراني:٥٣٨٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُمَّ سَعْدٍ تُوُفِّيَتْ وَلَمْ تُوصِ أَفَأَتَصَدَّقُ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ»