Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection, when a person enters Paradise, he will ask about his parents and his wife and children. It will be said to him: They did not reach your rank and deeds. So he will say: O my Lord! I did deeds for myself and for them as well. Then it will be commanded that they be joined with him." Then Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) recited this verse: «وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَاتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُمْ بِإِيمَانٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ» "And those who believed and whose descendants followed them in faith, We will join their descendants with them among the believers."