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 2635
حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى وَتَقَارَبَا فِي اللَّفْظِ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي السَّلِيلِ ، عَنْ أَبِي حَسَّانَ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ لِأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ : " إِنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ لِيَ ابْنَانِ ، فَمَا أَنْتَ مُحَدِّثِي عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِحَدِيثٍ تُطَيِّبُ بِهِ أَنْفُسَنَا عَنْ مَوْتَانَا ؟ قَالَ : قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، صِغَارُهُمْ دَعَامِيصُ الْجَنَّةِ يَتَلَقَّى أَحَدُهُمْ أَبَاهُ ، أَوَ قَالَ : أَبَوَيْهِ فَيَأْخُذُ بِثَوْبِهِ ، أَوَ قَالَ : بِيَدِهِ كَمَا آخُذُ أَنَا بِصَنِفَةِ ثَوْبِكَ هَذَا فَلَا يَتَنَاهَى ، أَوَ قَالَ : فَلَا يَنْتَهِي حَتَّى يُدْخِلَهُ اللَّهُ وَأَبَاهُ الْجَنَّةَ " . وَفِي رِوَايَةِ سُوَيْدٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو السَّلِيلِ ،
Abu Hassan reported: I said to Abu Hurairah (RA) that my two children had died. Would you narrate to me anything from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) a hadith which would soothe our hearts in our bereavements? He said: Yes. Small children are the fowls of Paradise. If one of them meets his father (or he said his parents) he would take hold of his cloth, or he said with his hand as I take hold of the hem of your cloth (with my hand). And he (the child) would not take off (his hand) from it until Allah causes his father to enter Paradise.
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وحَدَّثَنِيهِ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَي يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ التَّيْمِيِّ ، بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ ، وَقَالَ : فَهَلْ سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَيْئًا تُطَيِّبُ بِهِ أَنْفُسَنَا عَنْ مَوْتَانَا ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ .
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Tamim with the same chain of transmitters. And he is reported to have said: Did you hear from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) anything which may soothe our heart in our bereavements? He said: Yes.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
Da‘amīs:
Plural of da‘mūṣ,
Refers to those insects of water
that do not separate from it,
meaning these small children will not be separated from Paradise.
Ṣunfah:
(edge of a cloth)
border,
Fa lā yatanāhā / fa lā yantahī:
will not stop,
will not desist,
meaning he will not let go of his father's garment or hand.
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
Da‘amīs:
Plural of da‘mūṣ,
Refers to those insects of water
that do not separate from it,
meaning these small children will not be separated from Paradise.
Ṣunfah:
(edge of a cloth)
border,
Fa lā yatanāhā / fa lā yantahī:
will not stop,
will not desist,
meaning he will not let go of his father's garment or hand.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 6701
