صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الفرائض
The Book of the Rules of Inheritance
باب مَنْ تَرَكَ مَالاً فَلِوَرَثَتِهِ:
Chapter: Whoever Leaves Behind Wealth, It Is For His Heirs
Hadith 1619
This hadith is listed as number 4159 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي وَرْقَاءُ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ ، إِنْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ إِلَّا أَنَا أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِهِ ، فَأَيُّكُمْ مَا تَرَكَ دَيْنًا أَوْ ضَيَاعًا ، فَأَنَا مَوْلَاهُ وَأَيُّكُمْ تَرَكَ مَالًا ، فَإِلَى الْعَصَبَةِ مَنْ كَانَ " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) having said this: By Him in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, there is no believer on the earth with whom I am not the nearest among all the people. He who amongst you (dies) and leaves a debt, I am there to pay it, and he who amongst you (dies) leaving behind children I am there to look after them. And he who amongst you leaves behind property, that is for the inheritor whoever he is.
