Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 6699

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ أَتَى رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنَّ أُخْتِي نَذَرَتْ أَنْ تَحُجَّ وَإِنَّهَا مَاتَتْ‏.‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهَا دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتَ قَاضِيَهُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ نَعَمْ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَاقْضِ اللَّهَ، فَهْوَ أَحَقُّ بِالْقَضَاءِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Adam narrated to us; Shubah narrated to us, from Abu Bishr, who said: I heard Said ibn Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: My sister vowed to perform Hajj, but she died. The Prophet ﷺ said: If she had owed a debt, would you have paid it? He said: Yes. He said: Then fulfill the debt owed to Allah, for He has the greater right that it be fulfilled.