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ahmad:10923Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb from And Lad Jarīr > Abū Zurʿah Yudhkar > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with her sick child, praying for his healing and well-being. She said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have already lost three children." He asked her if they were Muslim, to which she replied that they were. The Prophet ﷺ then said, "Any Muslim who loses three children before they reach the age of puberty will find them as a shield against Hellfire."  

أحمد:١٠٩٢٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ مِنْ وَلَدِ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا زُرْعَةَ يُذْكَرُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

جَاءَتْ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِوَلَدٍ لَهَا مَرِيضٍ يَدْعُو لَهُ بِالشِّفَاءِ وَالْعَافِيَةِ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَدْ مَاتَ لِي ثَلَاثَةٌ قَالَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ؟ قَالَتْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ فَقَالَ مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يُقَدِّمُ ثَلَاثَةً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ يَحْتَسِبُهُمْ إِلَّا احْتَظَرَ بِحَظَرٍ مِنَ النَّارِ