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tabarani:11409 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Surayj b. Yūnus > Abū Ismāʿīl al-Muʾaddib > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAṭāʾ from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, indeed my father is old and unable to perform Hajj. Should I perform Hajj on his behalf?" He ﷺ replied, "If your father had a debt, would you settle it for him?" The man said, "Yes." He ﷺ said, "Then the debt owed to Allah is even more deserving to be fulfilled."  

الطبراني:١١٤٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا أَبُو إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْمُؤَدِّبُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبِي كَبِيرٌ لَا يُطِيقُ الْحَجَّ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ؟ قَالَ «أَكُنْتَ قَاضِيًا دَيْنًا لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَدَيْنُ اللهِ أَوْلَى حُجَّ عَنْهُ»  

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nasai:2639 – Abū ʿĀṣim Khushaysh b. Aṣram al-Nasāʾī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Ḥakam b. Abān > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"A man said: 'O Messenger of Allah! My father has died and he did not perform Hajj; shall I perform Hajj on his behalf?' He said: 'Don't you think that if your father owed a debt you would pay it off?' The man said: 'Yes.' He said: 'The debt owed to Allah is more deserving (of being paid off)."'  

النسائي:٢٦٣٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ خُشَيْشُ بْنُ أَصْرَمَ النَّسَائِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي مَاتَ وَلَمْ يَحُجَّ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أَبِيكَ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتَ قَاضِيَهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَدَيْنُ اللَّهِ أَحَقُّ  

ahmad:2336 – Muʿāwiyah > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > 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. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3310)   

أحمد:٢٣٣٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ الْبَطِينِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صَوْمُ شَهْرٍ أَفَأَقْضِيهِ عَنْهَا؟ فَقَالَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُمِّكَ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتَ قَاضِيَهُ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَدَيْنُ اللهِ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُقْضَى  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ جَوَازِ الْحَجِّ عَمَّنْ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْحَجَّ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ عَنْ كِبَرِ سِنٍّ بِهِ

ibnhibban:3994 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Junayd Bibust > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, my father is an elderly man and is unable to perform Hajj. Should I perform Hajj on his behalf?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Yes, perform Hajj on behalf of your father."  

ابن حبّان:٣٩٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْجُنَيْدِ بِبُسْتَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْحَجَّ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ قَالَ «نَعَمْ حُجَّ مَكَانَ أَبِيكَ»  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنْ هَذَا الْخَبَرِ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ

ibnhibban:3997 – Abū Yaʿlá > Khalaf b. Hishām al-Bazzār > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, my father is an elderly man who is unable to perform Hajj. Should I perform Hajj on his behalf?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, 'Yes, perform Hajj on behalf of your father.'"  

ابن حبّان:٣٩٩٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ الْبَزَّارُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْحَجَّ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نَعَمْ فَحُجَّ عَنْ أَبِيكَ»  

nasai-kubra:3605 – Abū ʿĀṣim Khushaysh b. Aṣram al-Nasāʾī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Ḥakam b. Abān > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"A man said: 'O Messenger of Allah! My father has died and he did not perform Hajj; shall I perform Hajj on his behalf?' He said: 'Don't you think that if your father owed a debt you would pay it off?' The man said: 'Yes.' He said: 'The debt owed to Allah is more deserving (of being paid off)."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2639)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٦٠٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ خُشَيْشُ بْنُ أَصْرَمَ النَّسَائِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبِي مَاتَ وَلَمْ يَحُجَّ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ؟ قَالَ «أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أَبِيكَ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتَ قَاضِيَهُ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَدَيْنُ اللهِ أَحَقُّ»  

suyuti:420-444b – ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās > Atá a man al-Nabi ﷺ > In Abiá Shaykh Kabīr Lam Yaḥuj Afaʾaḥuj > h
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السيوطي:٤٢٠-٤٤٤b –

"عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: أَتَى رَجُلٌ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَبِى شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لَمْ يَحُجَّ أَفَأَحُجّ عَنْهُ؟ فَقَالَ: لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أَبِيكَ دَيْن فَقَضَيْتَهُ عَنْهُ أَكانَ يَجْزِى عَنْهُ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: حُجَّ عَنْهُ".  

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