Sahih Muslim Book - 13, Hadith - 2693

وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ الْبَطِينِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ - رضى الله عنهما - أَنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أُمِّى مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صَوْمُ شَهْرٍ. فَقَالَ « أَرَأَيْتِ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهَا دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتِ تَقْضِينَهُ ». قَالَتْ نَعَمْ. قَالَ « فَدَيْنُ اللَّهِ أَحَقُّ بِالْقَضَاءِ ».

It was narrated from Ibn Abbas [may Allah be pleased with them] that a woman came to the Messenger of Allah and said: “My mother has dies, and she owed one month of fasting.” He said: “Don’t you think that if she owed a debt, you would pay it off?” She said: “Yes,” He said: “The debt owed to Allah is more deserving of being paid off.”