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Sunan an-Nasai 1962 — Debt and Funeral Responsibility
Offering The Funeral Prayer For The One Who Owes A debt.
Hadith About the Prophet Paying the Debt of Believers
Sunan an-Nasai : 1962
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 1962
أَخْبَرَنَا نُوحُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْقُومِسِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لاَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَجُلٍ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَأُتِيَ بِمَيِّتٍ فَسَأَلَ " أَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ " . قَالُوا نَعَمْ عَلَيْهِ دِينَارَانِ . قَالَ " صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ " . قَالَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ هُمَا عَلَىَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ . فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا فَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَنَا أَوْلَى بِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ مَنْ تَرَكَ دَيْنًا فَعَلَىَّ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ مَالاً فَلِوَرَثَتِهِ " .
Jabir Narrated from:
The Prophet would not pray for a man who owed a debt. A deceased person was brought to him and he said: 'Does he owe any debt?' They said: 'Yes, he owes two Dinars.' He said: 'Pray for your companion.' Abu Qatadah said: 'I will pay them, O Messenger of Allah, So he prayed for him. Then, when Allah made His Messenger rich though conquest, he said: ' I am closer to each believer than his own self. Whoever leaves behind a debt, I will pay it, and whoever leaves behind wealth, it is for his heirs.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 1962In-book reference : Book 21, Hadith 145English translation : Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 1964
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 1962
This hadith explains funeral prayer and unpaid debt with a clear example. A deceased person was brought, and the Prophet asked whether he owed anything. When the people said he owed two dinars, the Prophet told them to pray for their companion. Abu Qatadah then said he would pay the debt, so the Prophet prayed for the deceased. Later, when Allah gave the Messenger of Allah wealth through conquest, he said that whoever left behind a debt, he would pay it, and whoever left wealth, it belonged to the heirs. The main search phrase is hadith about Prophet paying debt. The hadith shows care for both the deceased and the rights of others.
What we learn from this hadith
- Unpaid debt was treated with serious concern.
- Abu Qatadah stepped forward to help the deceased by paying the debt.
- The Prophet later took responsibility for debts left by believers.
- Wealth left by the deceased belongs to the heirs, as stated in the hadith.
