The ruling on one who dies with a debt?

Question : To proceed: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. The questioner says: If a person dies and has a debt, and he left behind what can settle this debt, will he be punished in his grave?

Answer : There is no doubt that if a person dies with a debt, he will not remain at ease in his grave. For this reason, it is narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he It is obligatory for the heirs, before anything else, to look into his accounts. If he has a debt, they must hasten to pay it off. The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) even said that they should pay his debt before burying him, due to the urgency of paying off the debt. What some parents do now, by not caring about the debt, is a mistake, an error, and a crime against the deceased. It is obligatory to hasten. However, when a person died with a debt and no means to pay it, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) would not pray over him. If he had means to pay it, he would pray over him.