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Sahih al-BukhariOaths and Vows

Sahih al-Bukhari 6699

Chapter: If somebody dies without fulfiling a vow

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 6699

Narrator:Ibn ‘Abbās

حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ أَتَى رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنَّ أُخْتِي نَذَرَتْ أَنْ تَحُجَّ وَإِنَّهَا مَاتَتْ‏.‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهَا دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتَ قَاضِيَهُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ نَعَمْ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏

فَاقْضِ اللَّهَ، فَهْوَ أَحَقُّ بِالْقَضَاءِ ‏"

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:

A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said to him, "My sister vowed to perform the Hajj, but she died (before fulfilling it)." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Would you not have paid her debts if she had any?" The man said, "Yes." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "So pay Allah's Rights, as He is more entitled to receive His rights."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 6699).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

حَدِيث اِبْن عَبَّاس " أَتَى رَجُل النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ : إِنَّ أُخْتِي نَذَرَتْ أَنْ تَحُجَّ وَإِنَّهَا مَاتَتْ " الْحَدِيث وَفِيهِ " فَاقْضِ دَيْنَ اللَّه فَهُوَ أَحَقّ بِالْقَضَاءِ " وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ شَرْحه فِي أَوَاخِر كِتَاب الْحَجّ , وَذِكْرُ الِاخْتِلَافِ فِي السَّائِل أَهُوَ رَجُل كَمَا وَقَعَ هُنَا أَوْ اِمْرَأَة كَمَا وَقَعَ هُنَاكَ ؟ وَأَنَّهُ الرَّاجِح , وَذَكَرْت مَا قِيلَ فِي اِسْمهَا وَأَنَّهَا حَمْنَةُ , وَبَيَّنْت أَنَّهَا هِيَ السَّائِلَة عَنْ الصِّيَام أَيْضًا , وَبِاَللَّهِ التَّوْفِيقُ.…

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  • شرح السنة (1854)أُخْتِي نَذَرَتْ أَنْ تَحُجَّ ، وَإِنَّهَا مَاتَتْ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ : لَوْ كانَ عَلَيْهَا دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتَ قَاضِيَهُ ؟ ، قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : فَاقْضِ اللَّهَ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِالْقَضَاءِ

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