Hadith 1069
حَدَّثَنَا
مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو دَاوُدَ، أَخْبَرَنَا
شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ
عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ، قَال : سَمِعْتُ
عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنًا " ، قَالَ : أَبُو قَتَادَةَ : هُوَ عَلَيَّ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " بِالْوَفَاءِ " ، قَالَ : بِالْوَفَاءِ ، فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ . قَالَ : وَفِي الْبَاب ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، وَسَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ ، وَأَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : حَدِيثُ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
´Abdullah bin Abi Qatadah narrated from his father that:` The Prophet was brought a (deceased) man to perform Salat over. So the Prophet said: "Pray for your companion; for indeed he had a debt upon him." Abu Qatadah said: "It shall be upon me." So the Messenger of Allah said: "To pay it off?" (He said: "To pay it off.") So he performed the prayer for him.
Hadith 1070
´Abu Hurairah narrated:` "A deceased man would be brought to the Messenger of Allah while a debt was due upon him. So he would say: 'Has he left anything to pay off his debt?' If he was told that he had left something to pay it then he would pray (the funeral prayer) for him. Otherwise he would tell the Muslims: 'Pray for your companion.' So when Allah granted him the victories, he stood and said: 'I am more worthy in the case of the believers than they themselves are. So whoever among the believers dies and leaves a debt behind, then it is up to me to fulfill it. And whoever leaves wealth behind, then it is for his heirs.'"