Hadith #7
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ الْبَطِينِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أ
ُمِّي مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صَوْمُ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فَأَقْضِيهِ عَنْهَا قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَكِ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهَا دَيْنٌ كُنْتِ تَقْضِينَهُ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَدَيْنُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُقْضَى
Isnad Chain
ابن نمير
الأعمش
مسلم البطين
سعيد بن جبير
ابن عباس
النبي
English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) — via Muslim al-Batin, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr — from the Prophet ﷺ that a woman came to him and said: 'My mother died and she owed a month's fasting of Ramadan. Shall I make it up on her behalf?' He said: 'What do you think — if she had owed a debt, would you pay it?' She said: 'Yes.' He said: 'The debt owed to Allah (عز وجل) is most deserving of being paid.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 11, Hadith 7
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3245
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-39635