مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
من مسند القبائلFrom the Musnad of the Tribes
حَدِيثُ أَبِي ثَعْلَبَةَ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
Hadith of Abu Tha'labah al-Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith 27220
حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ نَبْهَانَ ، عَنْ أَبِي ثَعْلَبَةَ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : مَاتَ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلَدَانِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ ، فَقَالَ : " مَنْ مَاتَ لَهُ وَلَدَانِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ ، أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْجَنَّةَ بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِهِ إِيَّاهُمَا " ، قَالَ : فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ، لَقِيَنِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ : أَنْتَ الَّذِي قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْوَلَدَيْنِ مَا قَالَ ؟ قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ : لَئِنْ قَالَهُ لِي ، أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا غُلِّقَتْ عَلَيْهِ حِمْصُ وَفِلَسْطِينُ .
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Tha'labah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I submitted: O Messenger of Allah! In the era of Islam, two of my children passed away. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The Muslim person whose two minor children have died, Allah will, by His grace and mercy, grant their parents entry into Paradise." After some time, I met Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) and he said: Are you the one to whom the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said something regarding two children? I said: Yes. He said: If the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had said this to me, it would have been more valuable in my eyes than the things of Homs and Palestine.
