Amr bin Murrah said: I asked Sa'id bin Jubayr about this verse: "And those who believed and whose descendants followed them in faith" [Surah al-Tur: 21].
Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that Allah will join the believer's descendants with him so that his eyes may be cooled, even if they are below him in deeds.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الدعوى والبينات / 21290
Sa'id bin Jubayr narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that, regarding the saying of the Exalted: "We will join their descendants with them, and We will not diminish anything of their deeds" [Surah al-Tur: 21],
he said: Allah will join the believer's descendants with him in his degree in Paradise, even if they are below him in deeds. "And those who believed and whose descendants followed them in faith, We will join their descendants with them, and We will not diminish them" [Surah al-Tur: 21].
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Islam is higher and superior to all religions, so its ruling will be applied.
Al-Thawri did not hear it from Amr; others narrated it from al-Thawri, from Sama'ah, from Amr. The narration of Shu'bah from Amr is connected (mawsul).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الدعوى والبينات / 21291
Ash'ath narrates from al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Muslim parent has the greater right to the child.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الدعوى والبينات / 21292
Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Qadi Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) that a case came to him about a child, one of whose parents was a Christian. He said: The Muslim parent has the greater right to the child.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الدعوى والبينات / 21293
Yunus (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) concerning a young child that he is to be with whichever of his parents is Muslim.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الدعوى والبينات / 21294