الادب المفرد
Adab al-Mufrad
كتابBook of Virtue in Losing a Child
بَابُ فَضْلِ مَنْ مَاتَ لَهُ الْوَلَدُChapter: Virtue of One Whose Child Dies
Hadith 149
حَدَّثَنَا حَرَمِيُّ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، وَمُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالاَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عَامِرٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ قَالَتْ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: ”يَا أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمَيْنِ يَمُوتُ لَهُمَا ثَلاَثَةُ أَوْلاَدٍ، إِلاَّ أَدْخَلَهُمَا اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِهِ إِيَّاهُمْ“، قُلْتُ: وَاثْنَانِ؟ قَالَ: ”وَاثْنَانِ.“
It is narrated from Sayyida Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) that I was once with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: "O Umm Sulaym! If any Muslim husband and wife lose three children, Allah will surely admit their parents to Paradise out of His grace and mercy upon those children." I asked: "And (will) two children (also be a cause for entering Paradise)?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The same ruling applies for two children."
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Usman Muneeb
Benefits and Issues:
The cause for entering Paradise will be those children who passed away before reaching the age of puberty, as is explicitly mentioned in the following hadith. In one narration, it is stated that those children will be at the gates of Paradise. They will be told, "Enter Paradise," but they will say, "We will not enter Paradise until our parents arrive." Then it will be said to them, "By the grace and mercy of Allah, you and your parents may enter Paradise."
The cause for entering Paradise will be those children who passed away before reaching the age of puberty, as is explicitly mentioned in the following hadith. In one narration, it is stated that those children will be at the gates of Paradise. They will be told, "Enter Paradise," but they will say, "We will not enter Paradise until our parents arrive." Then it will be said to them, "By the grace and mercy of Allah, you and your parents may enter Paradise."
Source: Fadlullah al-Ahad: Urdu Commentary on al-Adab al-Mufrad, Page: 149
