سلسله احاديث صحيحه
Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah
الاخلاق والبروالصلةBook of Morals, Righteousness, and Maintaining Ties
Who is truly childless?
Hadith 2553
- (ما تَعُدُّون الرَّقُوب فيكم؟ قال: قلنا: الذي لا يولدُ له. قالَ: ليسَ ذاكَ بالرّقُوبِ، ولكنّه الرّجلُ الذي لم يقدِّم من ولده شيئاً. قال: فما تعدُّون الصُّرَعةَ فيكُم؟ قال: قلنا: الذي لا يصرَعُه الرجِال. قال: ليسَ بذلكَ، ولكنّه الذي يملِكُ نفسهُ عند الغَضَبِ) .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whom do you count among yourselves as «رَقُوب»?" The companions said: The one who has no children. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Such a person is not called «رَقُوب», rather, the one who has not sent any of his children (i.e., lost a child) ahead (to the Hereafter) is called so." Then he said: "Whom do you count as a mighty wrestler?" The companions said: The one whom no man can defeat. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Such a person is not a wrestler, rather, the wrestler is the one who controls himself at the time of anger."
