Sahih Muslim Book - 13, Hadith - 2697

وَحَدَّثَنِى عَلِىُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ السَّعْدِىُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِىُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ بَيْنَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- إِذْ أَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّى تَصَدَّقْتُ عَلَى أُمِّى بِجَارِيَةٍ وَإِنَّهَا مَاتَتْ - قَالَ - فَقَالَ « وَجَبَ أَجْرُكِ وَرَدَّهَا عَلَيْكِ الْمِيرَاثُ ». قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَلَيْهَا صَوْمُ شَهْرٍ أَفَأَصُومُ عَنْهَا قَالَ « صُومِى عَنْهَا ». قَالَتْ إِنَّهَا لَمْ تَحُجَّ قَطُّ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهَا قَالَ « حُجِّى عَنْهَا ».

It was narrated from Abdullah bin Buraidah that his father [may Allah be pleased with them] said: “While I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah, a woman came to him and said: ‘I gave a slave woman in charity to my mother, then she said:’ He said: ‘Your reward is assured, and she (the slave woman) has been returned to you as an inheritance.’ She said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, she owed one month’s fasting, should I fast on her behalf?’ He said: ‘Fast on her behalf.’ She said: She never went for Hajj, should I perform Hajj on her behalf? He said: ‘Perform Hajj on her behalf.”