Sahih Muslim · Hadith 4244
The Book Pertaining to the Rules of Inheritance - كتاب الفرائض
حدثني محمد بن رافع، حدثنا شبابة، قال حدثني ورقاء، عن أبي الزناد، عن الأعرج، عن أبي هريرة، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " والذي نفس محمد بيده إن على الأرض من مؤمن إلا أنا أولى الناس به فأيكم ما ترك دينا أو ضياعا فأنا مولاه وأيكم ترك مالا فإلى العصبة من كان " .
Abn Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) having said this: By Him in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, there is no believer on the earth with whom I am not the nearest among all the people. He who amongst you (dies) and leaves a debt, I am there to pay it, and he who amongst you (dies) leaving behind children I am there to look after them. And he who amongst You leaves behind property, that is for the inheritor whoever he is.
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).