23. Janāʾiz (Funerals)

٢٣۔ كتاب الجنائز

23.6 The superiority of the person whose child dies

٢٣۔٦ باب فَضْلِ مَنْ مَاتَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ فَاحْتَسَبَ

[Machine] "And Allah Almighty said: 'And give glad tidings to the patient ones.'"

وَقَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ: {وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ}

bukhari:1248Abū Maʿmar > ʿAbd al-Wārith > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ said, "A Muslim whose three children die before the age of puberty will be granted Paradise by Allah due to his mercy for them."  

البخاري:١٢٤٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا مِنَ النَّاسِ مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يُتَوَفَّى لَهُ ثَلاَثٌ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ إِلاَّ أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِهِ إِيَّاهُمْ  

bukhari:1249Muslim > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aṣbahānī > Dhakwān > Abū Saʿīd > al-Nisāʾ Quln Lilnnabī ﷺ Ājʿal Lanā Yawm Fawaʿaẓahun > Ayyumā

The women requested the Prophet, "Please fix a day for us." So the Prophet ﷺ preached to them and said, "A woman whose three children died would be screened from the Hell Fire by them," Hearing that, a woman asked, "If two died?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Even two (would screen her from the (Hell) Fire. " And Abu Huraira added, "Those children should be below the age of puberty. "  

البخاري:١٢٤٩حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الأَصْبَهَانِيِّ عَنْ ذَكْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ؓ

أَنَّ النِّسَاءَ قُلْنَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ اجْعَلْ لَنَا يَوْمًا فَوَعَظَهُنَّ وَقَالَ أَيُّمَا امْرَأَةٍ مَاتَ لَهَا ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ كَانُوا حِجَابًا مِنَ النَّارِ قَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ وَاثْنَانِ قَالَ وَاثْنَانِ وَقَالَ شَرِيكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ الأَصْبَهَانِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ  

bukhari:1251ʿAlī > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "No Muslim whose three children died will go to the Fire except for Allah's oath (i.e. everyone has to pass over the bridge above the lake of fire)."  

البخاري:١٢٥١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الزُّهْرِيَّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَمُوتُ لِمُسْلِمٍ ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَيَلِجَ النَّارَ إِلاَّ تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ {وَإِنْ مِنْكُمْ إِلاَّ وَارِدُهَا}