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ahmad:7721ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Ibn al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever dies while he has three children who have not reached the age of puberty, the Fire will not touch him except for the sake of fulfilling an oath."  

أحمد:٧٧٢١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ أَخْبَرَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ مَاتَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ لَمْ تَمَسَّهُ النَّارُ إِلَّا تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِ يَعْنِي الْوُرُودَ  


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bukhari:6656Ismāʿīl > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Ibn al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Any Muslim who has lost three of his children will not be touched by the Fire except that which will render Allah's oath fulfilled."  

البخاري:٦٦٥٦حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَمُوتُ لأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ تَمَسُّهُ النَّارُ إِلاَّ تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِ  

muslim:2632aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

Anyone amongst the Muslims, three of whose children die, and he resigns himself calmly to the will of God, Fire will not touch him but for the fulfilment of the oath.  

مسلم:٢٦٣٢aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَمُوتُ لأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَتَمَسَّهُ النَّارُ إِلاَّ تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِ  

nasai:1875Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

"No Muslim, three of whose children die, will be touched by the Fire, except in fulfillment of the (Divine) oath."  

النسائي:١٨٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَمُوتُ لأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَتَمَسَّهُ النَّارُ إِلاَّ تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِ  

malik:16-39Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al- Musayyab from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No muslim who has three children die will be touched by the Fire except to fulfil Allah's oath."  

مالك:١٦-٣٩حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَمُوتُ لأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَتَمَسَّهُ النَّارُ إِلاَّ تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِ  

ahmad:10120Yaḥyá > Mālik > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

Anyone amongst the Muslims, three of whose children die, and he resigns himself calmly to the will of God, Fire will not touch him but for the fulfilment of the oath. (Using translation from Muslim 2632a)   

أحمد:١٠١٢٠حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَمُوتُ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ فَتَمَسُّهُ النَّارُ إِلَّا تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِ  

ذِكْرُ تَحْرِيمِ النَّارِ فِي الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى مَنْ مَاتَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ

ibnhibban:2942ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

"No Muslim, three of whose children die, will be touched by the Fire, except in fulfillment of the (Divine) oath." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1875)  

ابن حبّان:٢٩٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَمُوتُ لِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَتَمَسَّهُ النَّارُ إِلَّا تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِ»  

nasai-kubra:2015Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Any Muslim who has lost three of his children will not be touched by the Fire except that which will render Allah's oath fulfilled." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6656)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٠١٥أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَمُوتُ لِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَتَمَسَّهُ النَّارُ إِلَّا تَحِلَّةِ الْقَسَمِ»  

قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {وَإِنْ مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا} [مريم: 71]

nasai-kubra:11258Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

“No man who loses three of his children will ever enter the Fire, except in fulfillment of the oath (of Allah).”* (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1603)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٢٥٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا أَحَدٌ يَمُوتُ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَيَلِجُ النَّارَ إِلَّا تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِ»