صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب البر والصلة والآدابThe Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship
باب فَضْلِ مَنْ يَمُوتُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ فَيَحْتَسِبُهُ:Chapter: The Virtue Of One Whose Child Dies And He Seeks Reward
Hadith 2632
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَي بْنُ يَحْيَي ، قَالَ : قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " لَا يَمُوتُ لِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ ، فَتَمَسَّهُ النَّارُ إِلَّا تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِ " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: Anyone amongst the Muslims, three of whose children die, and he resigns himself calmly to the will of God, Fire will not touch him but for the fulfilment of the oath.
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، قَالُوا : حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ وَابْنُ رَافِعٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ كِلَاهُمَا ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ بِإِسْنَادِ مَالِكٍ ، وَبِمَعْنَى حَدِيثِهِ ، إِلَّا أَنَّ فِي حَدِيثِ سُفْيَانَ : فَيَلِجَ النَّارَ إِلَّا تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِ .
This hadith has been reported by Zuhri on the authority of Malik, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Sufyan (the words are): "He would enter into Fire, except for the fulfilment of the oath."
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حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ ، عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ لِنِسْوَةٍ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ : " لَا يَمُوتُ لِإِحْدَاكُنَّ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ ، فَتَحْتَسِبَهُ إِلَّا دَخَلَتِ الْجَنَّةَ " ، فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ : أَوِ اثْنَيْنِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : أَوِ اثْنَيْنِ .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to a woman of the Ansar: In case anyone amongst you sees the sad demise of three children of (hers) and she resigns herself to the will of God hoping to get reward, she would be admitted to Paradise. A woman from amongst them said: Allah's Messenger, even if they (the children who die) are two. Thereupon, he (the Holy Prophet,) said: Even if they are two.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: "Except for the fulfillment of the oath":
By this is meant the statement of Allah,
(وَإِن مِّنكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا ۚ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ حَتْمًا مَّقْضِيًّا ﴿٧١﴾) (Surah Maryam,
verse number 71):
"Every one of you will pass over it;
this is a decided decree of your Lord."
And those who pass over it are of different categories:
For those for whom 'Husna' (the best reward) is decreed,
they will not even hear the sound of the Fire.
(Surah Al-Anbiya, verse number 102)
In the same way, the one whose three children have died and who bore it with patience for the sake of Allah's pleasure and reward,
he will pass over the Fire with great speed.
By this is meant the statement of Allah,
(وَإِن مِّنكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا ۚ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ حَتْمًا مَّقْضِيًّا ﴿٧١﴾) (Surah Maryam,
verse number 71):
"Every one of you will pass over it;
this is a decided decree of your Lord."
And those who pass over it are of different categories:
For those for whom 'Husna' (the best reward) is decreed,
they will not even hear the sound of the Fire.
(Surah Al-Anbiya, verse number 102)
In the same way, the one whose three children have died and who bore it with patience for the sake of Allah's pleasure and reward,
he will pass over the Fire with great speed.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 6696
