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DUTY TO FULFILL THE PROMISE OF THE DECEASED

697

‘When the revenues of Bahrain are received, I (the Prophet) shall give you (Jabir) this, and this, and this. But he passed away before the revenues were received. When they arrived Abu Bakr announced, ‘If there is anyone to whom the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, had made a promise or owed anything they should come forward.’ So I (Jabir) went to him and said to him, ‘The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this and this to me. So Abu Bakr took two handfuls of money and gave it to him. I counted it and found it amounted to five hundred dirhams. Abu Bakr told me, ‘Take as much again.’"

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Jabir who related this hadith.

DEATH OF A CHILD