Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 2913
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُؤْتَى بِالرَّجُلِ الْمُتَوَفَّى عَلَيْهِ الدِّينُ فَيَسْأَلُ: «هَلْ تَرَكَ لِدَيْنِهِ قَضَاءً؟» فَإِنْ حُدِّثَ أَنَّهُ تَرَكَ وَفَاءً صَلَّى وَإِلَّا قَالَ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ: «صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ» . فَلَمَّا فَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الْفُتُوحَ قَامَ فَقَالَ: «أَنَا أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَمَنْ تُوفِّيَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَتَرَكَ دينا فعلي قَضَاؤُهُ وَمن ترك فَهُوَ لوَرثَته»
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Hurayrah reported: When a deceased person who owed a debt was brought to the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace), he would ask: ‘Did he leave anything with which to repay his debt?’ If he was told that he had left enough, he would pray over him; otherwise he would say to the Muslims: ‘Pray over your companion.’ When Allah granted him conquests, he stood and said: ‘I have a greater claim on the believers than they have on themselves. Whoever among the believers dies leaving a debt, its repayment is my responsibility; and whatever he leaves belongs to his heirs.’ It is agreed upon. Its listed grading is agreed upon (al-Albani).