(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا
هُشَيْمٌ ، أَنْبَأَنَا
الْعَوَّامُ ، عَنْ
مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ مَوْلًى لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ، عَنْ
أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ
عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمَيْنِ يَمُوتُ لَهُمَا ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ ، لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ ، إِلَّا كَانُوا لَهُ حِصْنًا حَصِينًا مِنَ النَّارِ " ، فَقِيلَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، فَإِنْ كَانَ اثْنَيْنِ ؟ قَالَ : " وَإِنْ كَانَا اثْنَيْنِ " ، فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، لَمْ أُقَدِّمْ إِلَّا اثْنَيْنِ ؟ قَالَ : " وَإِنْ كَانَا اثْنَيْنِ " ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ أَبُو الْمُنْذِرِ سَيِّدُ الْقُرَّاءِ : لَمْ أُقَدِّمْ إِلَّا وَاحِدًا ، قَالَ : فَقِيلَ لَهُ : وَإِنْ كَانَ وَاحِدًا ؟ ، فَقَالَ : " إِنَّمَا ذَاكَ عِنْدَ الصَّدْمَةِ الْأُولَى " .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If three children of a Muslim husband and wife die before reaching puberty, they will become a strong fortress for them against Hell." Someone asked: O Messenger of Allah! What if someone has lost two children? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The same ruling applies." (Sayyiduna Abu Dharr Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! I have sent forth two children? He replied: "The same ruling applies.") Sayyiduna Ubayy ibn Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) — who is famous as the leader of the reciters — said: Only one of my children has died? People asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah! What if someone has lost one child? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This matter relates to the initial moments of grief" (that is, who is patient at that time and who is not, because later everyone becomes patient).