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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الجنائزChapters: Regarding Funerals
بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِي ثَوَابِ مَنْ أُصِيبَ بِوَلَدِهِChapter: What was narrated concerning the reward of one who (loses) his child
Hadith 1604
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاق بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَرِيزُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ، عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ شُفْعَةَ ، قَالَ : لَقِيَنِي عُتْبَةُ بْنُ عَبْدٍ السُّلَمِيُّ ، فَقَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : " مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَمُوتُ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ إِلَّا تَلَقَّوْهُ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ الثَّمَانِيَةِ مِنْ أَيِّهَا شَاءَ دَخَلَ " .
´‘Utbah bin ‘Abd Sulami said:` “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘There is no Muslim, three of whose children die before reaching the age of puberty, but they will meet him at the eight gates of Paradise and whichever one he wants he will enter through it.’”
Brief Explanation
1؎ : That is, the father will have the choice to enter Paradise through whichever of the eight gates he wishes; his young children who died in childhood will take him inside, and at that gate they will meet their father. Subhan Allah, even the death of children is not a small blessing for a believer. From this hadith, it is also understood that the children of Muslims are destined for Paradise. Nawawi (rahimahullah) says that the reliable scholars of Islam have consensus (ijma‘) on this, though some have expressed hesitation regarding this matter.
