الادب المفرد
Al-Adab al-Mufrad
كتابBook of Children’s Influence
بَابُ مَنْ لا يَرْحَمُ لا يُرْحَمُChapter: Whoever Does Not Show Mercy Will Not Be Shown Mercy
Hadith 99
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ اسْتَعْمَلَ رَجُلاً، فَقَالَ الْعَامِلُ: إِنَّ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا مِنَ الْوَلَدِ، مَا قَبَّلْتُ وَاحِدًا مِنْهُمْ، فَزَعَمَ عُمَرُ، أَوْ قَالَ عُمَرُ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لاَ يَرْحَمُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ إِلاَّ أَبَرَّهُمْ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed a man as an official. (One day) that man said: I have so many children, but I have never kissed any of them. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Indeed, Allah the Exalted only has mercy on those who fulfill rights.
