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المعجم الأوسط
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (Tabarani)
باب الألف
Names Beginning with the Letter Alif
مَنِ اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ
Those Named Ahmad
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 2045 — the Prophet ﷺ said: The children
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زُهَيْرٍ ، قَالَ : نَا أَبُو حَفْصٍ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ : نَا عِيسَى بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ ، عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ الْعُطَارِدِيِّ ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- قَالَ : أَوْلَادُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ خَدَمُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ . قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ : وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- فِي أَطْفَالِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ : I " إِنْ شِئْتِ دَعَوْتُ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يُسْمِعَكِ تَضَاغِيَهُمْ فِي النَّارِ I " ، وَرُوِيَ عَنْهُ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- ، أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ أَطْفَالِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ، فَقَالَ : I " اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ I " . فَرَجَعَ الْأَمْرُ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- : I " اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ I " : فَمَنْ سَبَقَ عِلْمُ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِيهِ أَنَّهُ لَوْ كَبِرَ لَمْ يُؤْمِنْ ، فَهُوَ الَّذِي قَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ : I " إِنْ شِئْتِ دَعَوْتُ اللهَ أَنْ يُسْمِعَكِ تَضَاغِيَهُمْ فِي النَّارِ I " ، وَمَنْ سَبَقَ عِلْمُ اللهِ فِيهِ لَوْ كَبِرَ آمَنَ ، فَهُمُ الَّذِينَ قَالَ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- : I " هُمْ خَدَمُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ I " . فَقَدْ صَحَّتْ مَعَانِي الْأَحَادِيثِ الثَّلَاثَةِ ، وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ I " . لَمْ يَرْوِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ إِلَّا عَبَّادُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ I " .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The children of the polytheists will be servants of the people of Paradise."
Imam Abu al-Qasim al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "It is also narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) concerning the children of the polytheists that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): 'If you wish, I will supplicate to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, to let you hear their wailing and crying out in the Fire.' And it is narrated from him (peace and blessings be upon him) that when he (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the children of the polytheists, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Allah knows best what they would have done (had they grown up).' So the basis of this matter is this saying of his (peace and blessings be upon him): 'Allah knows best what they would have done.' Thus, the one about whom it was already in the eternal knowledge of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, that had he grown up he would not have believed, is the one about whom he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): 'If you wish, I will supplicate to Allah to let you hear their crying out in the Fire'; and those about whom it was already settled in the knowledge of Allah that they would have believed had they grown up, they are the ones about whom he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'They are the servants of the people of Paradise.' In this way the meanings of all three hadiths are correct, and this is the position of Ahl al-Sunnah."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu Raja' (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abbad bin Mansur (may Allah have mercy on him)."
Imam Abu al-Qasim al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "It is also narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) concerning the children of the polytheists that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): 'If you wish, I will supplicate to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, to let you hear their wailing and crying out in the Fire.' And it is narrated from him (peace and blessings be upon him) that when he (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the children of the polytheists, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Allah knows best what they would have done (had they grown up).' So the basis of this matter is this saying of his (peace and blessings be upon him): 'Allah knows best what they would have done.' Thus, the one about whom it was already in the eternal knowledge of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, that had he grown up he would not have believed, is the one about whom he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): 'If you wish, I will supplicate to Allah to let you hear their crying out in the Fire'; and those about whom it was already settled in the knowledge of Allah that they would have believed had they grown up, they are the ones about whom he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'They are the servants of the people of Paradise.' In this way the meanings of all three hadiths are correct, and this is the position of Ahl al-Sunnah."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu Raja' (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abbad bin Mansur (may Allah have mercy on him)."
