حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ الْمِصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَانَ يَقُولُ إِذَا تُوُفِّيَ الْمُؤْمِنُ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَلَيْهِ الدَّيْنُ فَيَسْأَلُ هَلْ تَرَکَ لِدَيْنِهِ مِنْ قَضَائٍ فَإِنْ قَالُوا نَعَمْ صَلَّی عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ قَالُوا لَا قَالَ صَلُّوا عَلَی صَاحِبِکُمْ فَلَمَّا فَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَی رَسُولِهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْفُتُوحَ قَالَ أَنَا أَوْلَی بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَمَنْ تُوُفِّيَ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَعَلَيَّ قَضَاؤُهُ وَمَنْ تَرَکَ مَالًا فَهُوَ لِوَرَثَتِهِ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 2415
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that if a believer died at the lime of the Messenger of Allah and he had debts, the Messenger of Allah would ask: "Did he leave anything with which to pay off his debt?" If they said yes, then he would offer the funeral prayer for him, but if they said no, then he would say: "Pray for your companion." When Allah granted His Prophet the conquests, he said: "I am nearer to the believers than their own selves. Whoever dies owing a debt I will pay it off for him, and whoever, leaves behind wealth, it will be for his heirs.”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020