Hadith #463
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى سَمِعْتُ الْأَعْمَشَ حَدَّثَنِي مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَلَى أُمِّه
َا صَوْمُ شَهْرٍ فَمَاتَتْ أَفَأَصُومُهُ عَنْهَا قَالَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُمِّكِ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتِ قَاضِيَتَهُ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَدَيْنُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُقْضَى
Isnad Chain
يحيى
الأعمش
مسلم
سعيد بن جبير
ابن عباس
English Translation
Yahya (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that i heard al-A'mash, Muslim narrated to me, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما): A woman said: 'O Messenger of Allah, my mother owed a month of fasting and she died. Shall I fast on her behalf?' He said: 'If your mother had a debt, would you pay it off?' She said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then the debt owed to Allah (عز وجل) is more deserving of being fulfilled.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 8, Hadith 463
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 1901
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-38291