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tabarani:11601al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > al-Faḍl b. Mūsá > Ibn Jurayj > al-Ḥakam b. Abān > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "My mother has passed away without performing Hajj or giving any will. Should I perform Hajj on her behalf?" He (the Prophet) replied, "Have you ever considered paying off her debt if she had any?"  

الطبراني:١١٦٠١حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ ثنا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أَتَى رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ وَلَمْ تَحُجَّ وَلَمْ تُوصِ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ «أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُمِّكِ دَيْنٌ فَقَضَيْتَهُ؟»  


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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَحُجَّ عَنِ الْمَيِّتِ الَّذِي مَاتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَحُجَّ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ إِذَا كَانَ الْحَاجُّ عَنْهُ قَدْ حَجَّ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ

ibnhibban:3993al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'My sister has passed away and did not perform the Hajj. Can I perform Hajj on her behalf?' The Prophet ﷺ replied, 'What do you think if she had a debt, would you pay it off for her? Indeed, Allah has more right to be fulfilled.'"  

ابن حبّان:٣٩٩٣أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أُخْتِي مَاتَتْ وَلَمْ تَحُجَّ* أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ ﷺ «أَرَأَيْتَ لَوَ كَانَ عَلَيْهَا دَيْنٌ فَقَضَيْتَهُ فَاللَّهُ أَحَقُّ بِالْوَفَاءِ»  

tabarani:748Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá b. Khālid b. Ḥayyān al-Raqqī > Abū ʿUbaydah b. al-Fuḍayl b. ʿIyāḍ > Abū Saʿīd a freed slave of Banī Hāshim > ʿAbbād b. Rāshid > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "My father has passed away without performing the Hajj (pilgrimage). Should I perform it on his behalf?" The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Did your father have any outstanding debts that you have now paid off?" The man replied, "Yes." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Then perform the Hajj on behalf of your father."  

الطبراني:٧٤٨حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ خَالِدِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ عِيَاضٍ ثنا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ ثنا عَبَّادُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبِي مَاتَ وَلَمْ يَحُجَّ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ؟ قَالَ «أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى أَبِيكَ دَيْنٌ فَقَضَيْتَهُ أَقُضِيَ عَنْهُ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَحُجَّ عَنْ أَبِيكَ»