English
Sa‘id ibn Al-Atwal narrated: My brother died and left three hundred dinars and young children. I wanted to spend on them, but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: “Your brother is detained by his debt, so pay it on his behalf.” I went and paid it on his behalf, then came and said: “O Messenger of Allah, I have paid it on his behalf, and only a woman claiming two dinars remains, but she has no proof.” He said: “Give it to her, for she is truthful.”
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- Candidate: Mishkat al-Masabih 2928 (unverified) 40% confidence
Mishkat (candidate) 2928
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Commentary and footnotes (3)
Note 1
(1) The statement: “My brother died and left three hundred dinars and young children, and I wanted to spend on them, but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Your brother is detained by his debt, so pay it on his behalf”: For this reason, our Hanafi scholars said: Debt takes precedence over inheritance. This is stated in As-Siraji.
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(۱) قوله: مات أخي وترك ثلاث مائة دينار وترك ولدا صغارا فأردت أن أنفق عليهم، فقال لي رسول الله ﷺ: إن أخاك محبوس بدينه فاقض عنه إلخ لذلك قال علماؤنا الحنفية: إن الدين يقدم على الميراث. كذا في «السراجي».
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ف: اس حدیث شریف سے معلوم ہوا کہ میت کا قرض ادا کرنا میراث کی تقسیم پر مقدم۔