Paying A Debt On Behalf Of The Deceased
Darussalam · Volume 3
15. The ChaptersOn CharitySunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2433 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 813
Source no. 2433 · Volume 5 · Page 433
Sahih
صحيح أحكام الجنائز ص (١٥)
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2433. It was narrated from Sa'd bin Atwal that his brother died, leaving behind three hundred Dirham and dependents. "I wanted to spend (the money) on his dependents, but the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Your brother is being detained by his debt, so pay it off for him.'" He said: "O Messenger of Allāh, I have paid it off apart from two Dinār, which a woman is claiming but she has no proof." He said: "Give them to her for she is telling the truth." (Hasan)
2433 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ الْأَطْوَلِ، أَنَّ أَخَاهُ مَاتَ وَتَرَكَ ثَلَاثَمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ، وَتَرَكَ عِيَالًا، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُنْفِقَهَا عَلَى عِيَالِهِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ أَخَاكَ مُحْتَبَسٌ بِدَيْنِهِ، فَاقْضِ عَنْهُ» ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ أَدَّيْتُ عَنْهُ إِلَّا دِينَارَيْنِ، ادَّعَتْهُمَا امْرَأَةٌ وَلَيْسَ لَهَا بَيِّنَةٌ، قَالَ: «فَأَعْطِهَا فَإِنَّهَا مُحِقَّةٌ»
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An inheritance is distributed after paying off the debt of the deceased. The woman claimed that the deceased owed her two Dinār, and Sa'd bin Atwal was asking for proof or for witnesses for his own satisfaction, but she had no witness or proof to produce before Sa'd. To avoid such troublesome situations the matter of debt should be written before witnesses. The Noble Prophet knew, through revelation, that the claim of the woman was genuine, therefore, he ordered Sa'd to pay her.