al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 2100
✧ Prayers for those in debt
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أَخْبَرَنَا نُوحُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَجُلٍ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَأُتِيَ بِمَيِّتٍ فَسَأَلَ «هَلْ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ دِينَارَانِ قَالَ «صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ» قَالَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ هُمَا عَلَيَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا فَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَنَا أَوْلَى بِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ مَنْ تَرَكَ دَيْنًا فَعَلَيَّ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ مَالًا فَهُوَ لِوَرَثَتِهِ»
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Chain of narrators
- Nūḥ b. Ḥabīb
- ʿAbd al-Razzāq
- Maʿmar
- al-Zuhrī
- Abū Salamah
- Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh
✧ The Prophet ﷺ would not pray over a man who had a debt. A deceased person was brought, and he asked: “Does he have a debt?” They said: Yes, two dinars. He said: “Pray over your companion.” Abu Qatadah said: They are upon me, O Messenger of Allah. So he prayed over him. When Allah granted victory to His Messenger ﷺ, he said: “I am closer to every believer than his own self. Whoever leaves a debt, it is upon me, and whoever leaves wealth, it is for his heirs.”
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