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ذِكْرُ إِيجَابِ دُخُولِ الْجَنَّةِ لِلْمُتَكَفِّلِ الْأَيْتَامَ إِذَا عَدَلَ فِي أُمُورِهِمْ، وَتَجَنَّبَ الْحَيْفَ

ibnhibban:460Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Hārūn b. Maʿrūf > Ibn Abū Ḥāzim from his father > Sahl b. Saʿd

the Messenger of Allah said: " I and the sponsor of an orphan shall be in Paradise like these two."And he indicaed with his fingers, meaning his index and his middle finger (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1918)   

ابن حبّان:٤٦٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَنَا وَكَافِلُ الْيَتِيمِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ هَكَذَا وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:5304ʿAmr b. Zurārah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim from his father > Sahl

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I and the one who looks after an orphan will be like this in Paradise," showing his middle and index fingers and separating them.  

البخاري:٥٣٠٤حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ زُرَارَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَهْلٍ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَكَافِلُ الْيَتِيمِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ هَكَذَا وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى وَفَرَّجَ بَيْنَهُمَا شَيْئًا  

bukhari:6005ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim from my father > Sahl b. Saʿd

The Prophet ﷺ said, "I and the person who looks after an orphan and provides for him, will be in Paradise like this," putting his index and middle fingers together.  

البخاري:٦٠٠٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَنَا وَكَافِلُ الْيَتِيمِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ هَكَذَا وَقَالَ بِإِصْبَعَيْهِ السَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى  

muslim:2983Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Mālik > Thawr b. Zayd al-Dīlī > Abū al-Ghayth > Abū Hurayrah

One who looks after the orphan whether he is his relative or not, I and he would be together in Paradise like this, and Malik (explained it) with the gesture by drawing his index finger and middle finger close together.  

مسلم:٢٩٨٣حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الدِّيلِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْغَيْثِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَافِلُ الْيَتِيمِ لَهُ أَوْ لِغَيْرِهِ أَنَا وَهُوَ كَهَاتَيْنِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَأَشَارَ مَالِكٌ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى  

tirmidhi:1918ʿAbdullāh b. ʿImrān Abū al-Qāsim al-Makkī al-Qurashī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim from his father > Sahl b. Saʿd

the Messenger of Allah said: " I and the sponsor of an orphan shall be in Paradise like these two."And he indicaed with his fingers, meaning his index and his middle finger  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:١٩١٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الْمَكِّيُّ الْقُرَشِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَكَافِلُ الْيَتِيمِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ كَهَاتَيْنِ وَأَشَارَ بِأُصْبُعَيْهِ يَعْنِي السَّبَّابَةَ وَالْوُسْطَى  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:22820Saʿīd b. Manṣūr > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Me and the caretaker of an orphan will be like these two in Paradise." And he pointed with his index and middle fingers, separating them slightly.  

أحمد:٢٢٨٢٠حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَكَافِلُ الْيَتِيمِ كَهَاتَيْنِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى وَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا قَلِيلًا  

الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ

tabarani:8120Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá al-Sājī > ʿAlī b. Zayd al-Farāʾiḍī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥunaynī > Mālik b. Anas > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim from his father > Abū Umāmah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I and the guardian of an orphan in Paradise will be like these two."  

الطبراني:٨١٢٠حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ الْفَرَائِضِيُّ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحُنَيْنِيُّ ثنا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَنَا وَكَافِلُ الْيَتِيمِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ كَهَاتَيْنِ»  

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السيوطي:٨٤٧٥a

"أنَا وَكَافِلُ الْيَتِيم فِى الجَنَّة كَهَذَا وَأشَارَ بالسَّبَّابَة وَالوُسْطَى".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي [حب] ابن حبّان عن سهل بن سعد [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن أَبى أُمامة