Abu Huraira reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying, “I am nearer to the believers than themselves, so if anyone dies leaving a debt without leaving enough to pay it I shall be responsible for paying it, and if anyone leaves…
Ibn ‘Abbas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Give the shares to those who are entitled to them, and what remains over goes to the nearest male heir.”
(Bukhari and Muslim.)
Anas reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying, “The freedman* of a people is one of them.”
* Maula. This word may mean either the one who emancipates or the one who has been emancipated, and therefore the tradition has receive…