حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً نَذَرَتْ أَنْ تَحُجَّ فَمَاتَتْ فَأَتَى أَخُوهَا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُخْتِكَ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتَ قَاضِيَهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاقْضُوا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِالْوَفَاءِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2140
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (RA) that a woman vowed to do Hajj, then she died. Her brother came to the Prophet (PBUH)and asked him about that, and he said: "Do you think that if your sister owed a debt, would you pay if off for her?" He said: Yes. He said: "So pay off what is due to Allah, for He is more deserving that what is due to Him should be paid."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020