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nasai:3654al-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:٣٦٥٤أَخْبَرَنَا 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  


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Collected by Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
tabarani:5382Muḥammad 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:٥٣٨٢حَدَّثَنَا 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»  

tabarani:11630ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Dāwud b. ʿAmr al-Ḍabbī

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, my mother has passed away and did not leave any instructions. Would it benefit her if I give charity on her behalf?" He said, "Yes."  

الطبراني:١١٦٣٠حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الضَّبِّيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ الطَّائِفِيُّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ تُوُفِّيَتْ أُمِّي وَلَمْ تُوصِ أَفَيَنْفَعُهَا أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ»  

nasai-kubra:6448al-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:٦٤٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا 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»