صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب البر والصلة والآداب
The 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
This hadith is listed as number 6701 in Maktaba Shamila
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.
