Chapter: Charity given on behalf of the deceased will reach him

Hadith 1004 Part A

'A'isha said that a person came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said

My mother died suddenly without having made any will. I think she would have definitely given Sadaqa if she had been able to speak. Would she have a reward if I gave Sadaqa on her behalf? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes.

Hadith 1004 Part B

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters. And in the hadith transmitted by Abu Usama the words are

" She did not make any will," as it has been reported by Ibn Bishr, but it was not reported by the rest of the narrators.