Bayan Al-Hadith › Sahih Muslim › The Book of the Rules of Inheritance
Sahih Muslim 1619cصحيح مسلم 1619c
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي وَرْقَاءُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ إِنْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ إِلاَّ أَنَا أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِهِ فَأَيُّكُمْ مَا تَرَكَ دَيْنًا أَوْ ضَيَاعًا فَأَنَا مَوْلاَهُ وَأَيُّكُمْ تَرَكَ مَالاً فَإِلَى الْعَصَبَةِ مَنْ كَانَ " .
Abn Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) 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.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
محمد بن رافع ← شبابة بن سوار ← ورقاء بن عمر بن كليب ← عبد الله بن ذكوان ← عبد الرحمن بن هرمز ← عبد الرحمن بن صخر
Muhammad ibn Rafi' → Shababa ibn Sawwar → Warqa' ibn Umar ibn Kulayb → Abdullah ibn Dhakwan → Abd al-Rahman ibn Hurmuz → Abu Huraira