Khalid Qaisi narrated: I said: O Abu Huraira! Have you heard anything from your beloved (peace be upon him) by which we may comfort our hearts? He replied: Yes! I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say: "Your little children are the insects of Paradise."
Hadith Referenceمسند اسحاق بن راهويه / كتاب البر و الصلة / 761
Hadith Takhrij«مسلم ، كتاب البروالصلة ، باب فضل من يموت له ولد فبحتسبه ، رقم : 2635 . مسند احمد : 488/2 . صحيح ترغيب وترهيب ، رقم : 1998 .»
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Abdush Shakoor Tirmidhi
Benefits: The meaning of the aforementioned hadith is that just as butterflies flutter about here and there in the world, in the same way, the young minor children of Muslims will also roam about in Paradise like butterflies, wandering wherever they wish, and they will enter Paradise wherever they desire while strolling.
In another hadith, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah radi Allahu anhu, who says: I heard the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam say: “Whoever’s three children die and he remains patient over them, he will enter Paradise.” We asked: O Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam! What about the one whose two children die? He sallallahu alayhi wa sallam replied: “Whoever’s two children die (he too will enter Paradise).” The narrator said: I said to Sayyiduna Jabir radi Allahu anhu: By Allah! If you had said ‘one child’, the Noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would have said so even for one child. Sayyiduna Jabir radi Allahu anhu replied: “By Allah, I also think the same.” (Adab al-Mufrad by al-Bukhari: its chain is hasan)