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ahmad:14285 – Muḥammad b. Abū ʿAdī > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Maḥmūd b. Labīd > Jābir

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever has three children and takes care of them, will enter Paradise." We said, "O Messenger of Allah, what about two?" He said, "Even two." Mahmoud said, "I thought to myself if they said one, he would have said one." He said, "By Allah, I believe that too."  

أحمد:١٤٢٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ مَاتَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَاحْتَسَبَهُمْ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَاثْنَانِ؟ قَالَ وَاثْنَانِ قَالَ مَحْمُودٌ فَقُلْتُ لِجَابِرٍ أَرَاكُمْ لَوْ قُلْتُمْ وَاحِدًا لَقَالَ وَاحِدٌ قَالَ وَأَنَا وَاللهِ أَظُنُّ ذَاكَ  

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ذِكْرُ إِيجَابِ الْجَنَّةِ لِلْمُسْلِمِ إِذَا مَاتَ لَهُ ابْنَانِ فَاحْتَسَبَهُمَا

ibnhibban:2946 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Mūsá Biʿaskar Mukram > Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān al-ʿUqaylī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Ibn Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Maḥmūd b. Labīd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever has three children and they pass away, will enter paradise." They asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what about two sons?" He replied, "And two sons."  

ابن حبّان:٢٩٤٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُوسَى بِعَسْكَرِ مُكْرَمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْعُقَيْلِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ مَاتَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ» قَالَ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَابْنَانِ؟ قَالَ «وَابْنَانِ»  

tabarani:3359 – [Chain 1] al-Miqdām b. Dāwud > Asad b. Mūsá [Chain 2] Aḥmad b. Dāwud al-Makkī > Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > ʿAbdullāh b. Qays > al-Ḥārith b. Uqaysh > Abū Burdah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "No two Muslims die, having four persons who consider them to be righteous, except they enter Paradise." It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, what about three?" He said, "Even three." It was said, "And two?" He said, "Even two."  

الطبراني:٣٣٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ قَالَا ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَارِثَ بْنَ أُقَيْشٍ يُحَدِّثُ أَبَا بُرْدَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمَيْنِ يَمُوتُ لَهُمَا أَرْبَعَةٌ فَيَحْتَسِبَانِهِمْ إِلَّا دَخَلَا الْجَنَّةَ» فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَثَلَاثَةٌ؟ قَالَ «وَثَلَاثَةٌ» قِيلَ وَاثْنَانِ؟ قَالَ «وَاثْنَانِ»  

suyuti:165-215b – Maḥmūd b. Lbyd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:١٦٥-٢١٥b –

"عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لبيدٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْد الله قَالَ: سَمعْتُ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ مَاتَ لَهُ ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَاحْتَسَبَهُمْ دَخَل الْجَنَّةَ، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ الله: وَاثْنَانِ؟ قال: اثْنَانِ. قَالَ مَحْمُودٌ فَقُلْتُ لِجابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله: والله إِنِّى لأَراكُمْ لَوْ قُلْتُمْ وَاحِدٌ، قَالَ: أَنَا وَالله أَظُنُّ ذَلِكَ".  

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