سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الجهادJihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)
باب فِي فَضْلِ الشَّهَادَةِChapter: Regarding The Virtue Of Martyrdom.
Hadith 2521
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ حدَّثَتْنَا حَسْنَاءُ بِنْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ الصَّرِيمِيَّةُ ، قَالَتْ : حَدَّثَنَا عَمِّي ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : مَنْ فِي الْجَنَّةِ ؟ قَالَ : النَّبِيُّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَالشَّهِيدُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَالْمَوْلُودُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَالْوَئِيدُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ " .
Narrated Hasana' daughter of Muawiyah: She reported on the authority of her paternal uncle: I asked the Prophet ﷺ: Who are in Paradise? He replied: Prophets are in Paradise, martyrs are in Paradise, infants are in Paradise and children buried alive are in Paradise.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
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Young children who died before reaching the age of puberty—
this also includes those whose birth was incomplete and were miscarried.
However, regarding the children of disbelievers and polytheists, the most correct opinion is that when the children of disbelievers die before the age of discernment,
and their parents are disbelievers,
then in this world their ruling will be the same as that of the disbelievers: they will be given a ritual bath (ghusl),
but they will not be shrouded, nor will the funeral prayer be performed for them,
nor will they be buried with the Muslims.
Because they are considered disbelievers along with their parents.
As for their state in the Hereafter, Allah knows best what kind of deeds they would have done if they had grown up in this world. In the authentic hadith, when the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was asked about the children of the polytheists, he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Allah knows best what they would have done.
(Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Qadr, Chapter: Allah knows best what they would have done, Hadith: 6597) Some scholars have said that Allah’s knowledge regarding them will become manifest on the Day of Resurrection,
and they will also be tested like the people of the interval (Ahl al-Fatrah).
If they obey Allah’s command, they will enter Paradise,
and if they disobey, they will be cast into Hell.
This is established from authentic ahadith.
For example, the children of disbelievers and polytheists will also be tested,
because the statement of Allah, the Exalted, is:
(“And We never punish until We have sent a Messenger.”) ( Bani Isra’il: 15/17) And We do not punish until We send a Messenger.
Regarding the people of the interval (Ahl al-Fatrah), the most correct opinion is this.
Shaykh al-Islam Imam Ibn Taymiyyah and Imam Ibn al-Qayyim have chosen this view.
(For details, see:
Fatawa Ibn Taymiyyah 24/372–373)
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Some tribes of the Arabs, out of shame, used to bury their daughters alive.
And it is also reported that in cases of extreme poverty, they would do the same with their sons.
The Noble Qur’an mentions this as follows:
﴿And when the girl who was buried alive is asked ﴾8﴿ for what sin she was killed﴾ ( al-Takwir: 8–9)
When the girl who was buried alive will be asked: for what sin was she killed?
➊
Young children who died before reaching the age of puberty—
this also includes those whose birth was incomplete and were miscarried.
However, regarding the children of disbelievers and polytheists, the most correct opinion is that when the children of disbelievers die before the age of discernment,
and their parents are disbelievers,
then in this world their ruling will be the same as that of the disbelievers: they will be given a ritual bath (ghusl),
but they will not be shrouded, nor will the funeral prayer be performed for them,
nor will they be buried with the Muslims.
Because they are considered disbelievers along with their parents.
As for their state in the Hereafter, Allah knows best what kind of deeds they would have done if they had grown up in this world. In the authentic hadith, when the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was asked about the children of the polytheists, he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Allah knows best what they would have done.
(Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Qadr, Chapter: Allah knows best what they would have done, Hadith: 6597) Some scholars have said that Allah’s knowledge regarding them will become manifest on the Day of Resurrection,
and they will also be tested like the people of the interval (Ahl al-Fatrah).
If they obey Allah’s command, they will enter Paradise,
and if they disobey, they will be cast into Hell.
This is established from authentic ahadith.
For example, the children of disbelievers and polytheists will also be tested,
because the statement of Allah, the Exalted, is:
(“And We never punish until We have sent a Messenger.”) ( Bani Isra’il: 15/17) And We do not punish until We send a Messenger.
Regarding the people of the interval (Ahl al-Fatrah), the most correct opinion is this.
Shaykh al-Islam Imam Ibn Taymiyyah and Imam Ibn al-Qayyim have chosen this view.
(For details, see:
Fatawa Ibn Taymiyyah 24/372–373)
➋
Some tribes of the Arabs, out of shame, used to bury their daughters alive.
And it is also reported that in cases of extreme poverty, they would do the same with their sons.
The Noble Qur’an mentions this as follows:
﴿And when the girl who was buried alive is asked ﴾8﴿ for what sin she was killed﴾ ( al-Takwir: 8–9)
When the girl who was buried alive will be asked: for what sin was she killed?
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2521
