Sahih al-Bukhari

Hadith 2781

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The payments of the debts of the deceased by the executor (of the will) in the absence of other inheritors.

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Darussalam · Volume 4

55 - THE BOOK OF AL-WASAYA

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الحديث: 2781 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 14

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2781. Narrated Jābir bin 'Abdullāh Al-Anṣārī: My father was martyred on the day (of the Ghazwa) of Uḥud and left six daughters and some debts to be paid. When the time of plucking the date-fruits came, I went to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and said, "O Allāh's Messenger! You know that my father was martyred on the day of Uḥud and owed much debt, and I wish that the creditors would see you." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Go and collect the various kinds of dates and place them separately in heaps". I did accordingly and called him. On seeing him, the creditors started claiming their rights pressingly at that time. When the Prophet ﷺ saw how they behaved, he went round the biggest heap for three times and sat over it and said, "Call your companions (i.e., the creditors)." Then he kept on measuring and giving them, till Allāh cleared all my father's debts. By Allāh, it would have pleased me that Allāh would clear the debts of my father even though I had not taken a single date to my sisters. But by Allāh, all the heaps were complete, (as they were) and I looked at the heap where Allāh's Messenger ﷺ was sitting and noticed as if not a single date had been taken thereof. Allāh تعالى said: "So we planted amongst them enmity and hatred".

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2781 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَابِقٍ، أَوِ الفَضْلُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، عَنْهُ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ فِرَاسٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ: حَدَّثَنِي جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: أَنَّ أَبَاهُ اسْتُشْهِدَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَتَرَكَ سِتَّ بَنَاتٍ وَتَرَكَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنًا، فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ جِدَادُ النَّخْلِ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ وَالِدِي اسْتُشْهِدَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ، وَتَرَكَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنًا كَثِيرًا، وَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ يَرَاكَ الغُرَمَاءُ، قَالَ: «اذْهَبْ فَبَيْدِرْ كُلَّ تَمْرٍ عَلَى نَاحِيَتِهِ»، فَفَعَلْتُ ثُمَّ دَعَوْتُهُ، فَلَمَّا نَظَرُوا إِلَيْهِ أُغْرُوا بِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةَ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى مَا يَصْنَعُونَ أَطَافَ حَوْلَ أَعْظَمِهَا بَيْدَرًا ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ جَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «ادْعُ أَصْحَابَكَ»، فَمَا زَالَ يَكِيلُ لَهُمْ حَتَّى أَدَّى اللَّهُ أَمَانَةَ وَالِدِي، وَأَنَا وَاللَّهِ رَاضٍ أَنْ يُؤَدِّيَ اللَّهُ أَمَانَةَ وَالِدِي، وَلاَ أَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَخَوَاتِي بِتَمْرَةٍ، فَسَلِمَ وَاللَّهِ البَيَادِرُ كُلُّهَا حَتَّى أَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى البَيْدَرِ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، كَأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَنْقُصْ تَمْرَةً وَاحِدَةً، قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: " أُغْرُوا بِي: يَعْنِي هِيجُوا بِي، {فَأَغْرَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ العَدَاوَةَ وَالبَغْضَاءَ} [المائدة: 14] "

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