سنن نسائي
Nasai
كتاب الجنائزThe Book of Funerals
بَابُ : الأَمْرِ بِالاِحْتِسَابِ وَالصَّبْرِ عِنْدَ نُزُولِ الْمُصِيبَةِChapter: The Command to seek Reward and be Patient at the time of Calamity
Hadith 1871
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِيَاسٍ وَهُوَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ قُرَّةَ , عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَعَهُ ابْنٌ لَهُ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ : " أَتُحِبُّهُ ؟ " , فَقَالَ : أَحَبَّكَ اللَّهُ كَمَا أُحِبُّهُ ، فَمَاتَ فَفَقَدَهُ فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ ، فَقَالَ : " مَا يَسُرُّكَ أَنْ لَا تَأْتِيَ بَابًا مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَّا وَجَدْتَهُ عِنْدَهُ يَسْعَى يَفْتَحُ لَكَ " .
´Abu lyas Mu'awiyah bin 'Qurrah narrated from his father that:` a man came to the Prophet accompanied by a son of his. He said to him: "Do you love him?" He said: "May Allah love you as I love him." Then he (the son) died and he noticed his absence and asked about him. He said: "Will it not make you happy to know that you will not come to any of the gates of Paradise but you will find him there, trying to open it for you?"
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
1871. Commentary: It appears that the child was not yet of age (i.e., was a minor). According to another hadith, the reward for patience over the death of a minor child is entry into Paradise, because affection for a minor child is greater, and thus the grief over his death is also greater. Furthermore, due to being innocent and sinless, he is more deserving of Allah’s mercy, and his intercession will not be rejected. However, all of this is conditional upon having exercised patience and having intended to seek reward (from Allah) for it.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 1871
