Musnad Ahmad 8841

Translation

✧ A man said to the Prophet ﷺ, "My father died and left wealth but did not make a will. Will it expiate for him if I give charity on his behalf?" He said, "Yes."

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Sunan an-Nasa'i 3652

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

   The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
   أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   his father

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 101 and 110 AH
   أَبِيهِثقة
   عن
3. 3
   al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ḥuraqī

   truthful (ṣadūq), who sometimes made mistakes (rubbamā wahima)d. 130-odd, or: 132 AH, or: 139 AH
   الْعَلَاءُصدوق ربما وهم
   أخبرني
4. 4
   Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 180 AH
   إِسْمَاعِيلُ - يَعْنِي ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ -ثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Abū al-Rabīʿ

   trustworthy (thiqah), no one criticised him with a proofd. 234 AH, also said: 235 AH
   سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَثقة , لم يتكلم فيه أحد بحجة
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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