Jami` at-Tirmidhi 667

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Ali ibn Hujr told us: Ali ibn Mushir told us, from Abdullah ibn Ata, from Abdullah ibn Buraydah, from his father, who said: I was sitting with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, when a woman came and said: Messenger of Allah, I had given a female slave in charity to my mother, and she has died. He said: ‘Your reward is secured, and inheritance has returned her to you.’ She said: Messenger of Allah, she had a month of fasting due. Should I fast on her behalf? He said: ‘Fast on her behalf.’ She said: She never performed Hajj. Should I perform Hajj on her behalf? He said: ‘Yes, perform Hajj on her behalf.’ Abu Isa said: This is a hasan sahih hadith, and the report of Buraydah is known only through this route. Abdullah ibn Ata is trustworthy according to hadith scholars. Most scholars act on this report: if a person gives something in charity and later inherits it, it becomes lawful for that person. Some said that charity is something dedicated to Allah, so if it is inherited, it should be spent on a similar charitable purpose. Sufyan al-Thawri and Zuhayr ibn Muawiyah narrated this hadith from Abdullah ibn Ata.