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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»  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
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  

nasai:3664 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Wakīʿ > Hishām > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Saʿd b. ʿUbādah

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, my mother has died; shall I give in charity on her behalf?' He said: 'Yes.' I said: 'What kind of charity is best?' He said: 'Providing drinking water.'"  

النسائي:٣٦٦٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ أَفَأَتَصَدَّقُ عَنْهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ فَأَىُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ سَقْىُ الْمَاءِ  

nasai:3666 – Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥasan > Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Saʿd b. ʿUbādah > Ummah Mātat

"O Messenger of Allah, my mother has died; can I give charity on her behalf?" He said: "Yes." He said: "What kind of charity is best?" He said: "Providing drinking water." And that is the drinking-fountain of Sa'd in Al-Madinah.  

النسائي:٣٦٦٦ – أَخْبَرَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ شُعْبَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ أَنَّ أُمَّهُ مَاتَتْ فَقَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ أَفَأَتَصَدَّقُ عَنْهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَىُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ سَقْىُ الْمَاءِ فَتِلْكَ سِقَايَةُ سَعْدٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ  

ahmad:22459 – Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Saʿd b. ʿUbādah > Ummah Mātat

"O Messenger of Allah, my mother has died; can I give charity on her behalf?" He said: "Yes." He said: "What kind of charity is best?" He said: "Providing drinking water." And that is the drinking-fountain of Sa'd in Al-Madinah. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3666)  

أحمد:٢٢٤٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ شُعْبَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ أَنَّ أُمَّهُ مَاتَتْ فَقَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي مَاتَتْ فَأَتَصَدَّقُ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ سَقْيُ الْمَاءِ قَالَ فَتِلْكَ سِقَايَةُ آلِ سَعْدٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ  

tabarani:11630 – ʿAlī 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:١١٦٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا 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»  

tabarani:12683 – al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > al-Qāsim b. Dīnār > ʿUbayd b. Saʿīd al-Qurashī > Sufyān > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A man said, "O Messenger of Allah, my father has passed away, should I free him?" He said, "Yes."  

الطبراني:١٢٦٨٣ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ ثنا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبِي مَاتَ أَفَأَعْتِقُ عَنْهُ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ»  

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»