Hadith 1061

حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاق بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْعَوَّامُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ قَدَّمَ ثَلَاثَةً لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحُلُمَ ، كَانُوا لَهُ حِصْنًا حَصِينًا مِنَ النَّارِ " . قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ : قَدَّمْتُ اثْنَيْنِ ، قَالَ : " وَاثْنَيْنِ " ، فَقَالَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ سَيِّدُ الْقُرَّاءِ : قَدَّمْتُ وَاحِدًا ، قَالَ : " وَوَاحِدًا ، وَلَكِنْ إِنَّمَا ذَاكَ عِنْدَ الصَّدْمَةِ الْأُولَى " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ ، وَأَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنْ أَبِيهِ .
´Abdullah bin Mas'ud narrated that:` The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever has three that precede him (in death) while they did not reach the age of puberty, then they will be a well-fortified fortress for him against the Fire."
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب الجنائز عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 1061
Hadith Grading الألبانی: ضعيف، ابن ماجة (1606) // ضعيف سنن ابن ماجة برقم (351) ، المشكاة (1755) ، ضعيف الجامع الصغير (5754) //  |  زبیر علی زئی: (1061) إسناده ضعيف / جه 1606, أبو محمد: مجھول (تق:8345) وأبو عبيدة لم يسمع من أبيه كما قال المولف رحمه الله فالسند منقطع
Hadith Takhrij «سنن ابن ماجہ/الجنائز57 (1606) ( تحفة الأشراف : 9634) مسند احمد (1/375، 429، 451) (ضعیف) (سند میں ’’ ابو محمد مجہول ہیں، اور ’’ ابو عبیدہ ‘‘ کا اپنے باپ ابن مسعود رضی الله عنہ سے سماع نہیں ہے)»
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
He is called "Sayyid al-Qurra" (the leader of the reciters) because the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said about him:
"The most proficient reciter among you is Ubayy."

Note:
(In the chain of narration, "Abu Muhammad" is unknown,
and "Abu Ubaydah" did not hear directly from his father Ibn Mas'ud (radi Allahu anhu).)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 1061
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
In the Sahihayn, glad tidings of Paradise have been given upon the death of three or two children.
It is narrated from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri radi Allahu anhu:
The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said (to the women):
"Whichever woman among you sends forward three of her children (i.e., they pass away before her), they will become a barrier for her from the Fire of Hell."
A woman asked, "And two children? (Is there the same virtue for patience upon the death of two children?)"
The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, "Even two children (bring the same glad tidings for the one who sends them forward)." (Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Jana'iz, Chapter: The Virtue of One Whose Child Dies and He Seeks Reward, Hadith: 1249; and Sahih Muslim, al-Birr wa al-Silah wa al-Adab, Chapter: The Virtue of One Whose Child Dies and He Seeks Reward, Hadith: 2632)
And in some hasan (good) narrations, glad tidings of Paradise are given even for one child,
on the condition that faith and seeking reward (ihtisab) are present. See: (al-Silsilah al-Sahihah: 398/3, No. 1408)
Therefore, this narration is also correct in meaning.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1606