حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى سَمِعْتُ الْأَعْمَشَ حَدَّثَنِي مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَلَى أُمِّهَا صَوْمُ شَهْرٍ فَمَاتَتْ أَفَأَصُومُهُ عَنْهَا قَالَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُمِّكِ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتِ قَاضِيَتَهُ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَدَيْنُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُقْضَى
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2005
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that a woman said: O Messenger of Allah, (PBUH) mother owed the fasting of one month but she died; should I fast on her behalf? He said: "If your mother owed a debt, wouldn't you pay it off?" She said: Yes. He said: "The debt of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, is more deserving of being paid off."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020