A man died, so we washed him, embalmed him with scent, and shrouded him. Then we brought him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for him to pray over him.We said, "Will you pray over him?"He stepped forward a few paces, then asked, "Does he owe any debt?"We said, "Two dinars."He turned away. Abu Qatada then took the debt upon himself, so we came back to him.Abu Qatada said, "The two dinars are my responsibility."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "The creditor's right is secured, and the deceased is free of them?"He answered, "Yes."So he prayed over him. A day later, he asked, "What happened with the two dinars?"Abu Qatada said, "He only died yesterday."He returned to him the next day, and Abu Qatada said, "I have paid them off."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Now you have cooled his skin for him."
توفي رجل فغسلناه، وحنطناه وكفناه، ثم أتينا به رسول الله ﷺ يصلي عليه، فقلنا: تصلي عليه، فخطا خطى ثم قال: أعليه دين؟ قلنا: ديناران، فانصرف، فتحملهما أبو قتادة: فأتيناه. فقال أبو قتادة: الدنياران علي. فقال رسول الله ﷺ: حق الغريم، وبرئ منهما الميت؟ قال: نعم، فصلى عليه، ثم قال بعد ذلك بيوم ما فعل الديناران؟ فقال: إنما مات أمس، قال: فعاد إليه من الغد، فقال: قد قضيتهما، فقال رسول الله ﷺ: الآن بردت عليه جلده.
Imam Ahmad narrated it (14536) from Abdul-Samad and Abu Saeed, with the same meaning, both saying, Zaida told us, from Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Aqeel, from Jabir bin Abdullah, and he related it.Its chain is hasan because of Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Aqeel, for his hadith is hasan. Hakim also narrated it (2/58) through this route and graded it sahih.Abu Saeed is Abdullah bin Abdullah bin Ubayd, client of Banu Hashim. And Zaida is Ibn Qudama.As for his statement, "the creditor has the right, and the deceased is cleared of both of them," Bayhaqi said (6/74), "If Ibn Aqeel preserved it correctly, then what he meant by it, and Allah knows best, is that the creditor may demand payment of both debts from you alone if he wishes, just as if he had a claim against you from another source, while the deceased is cleared of it."