45. The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship
٤٥۔ كتاب البر والصلة والآداب
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)."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَمُوتُ لِمُسْلِمٍ ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَيَلِجَ النَّارَ إِلاَّ تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ {وَإِنْ مِنْكُمْ إِلاَّ وَارِدُهَا}
A day for teaching women and the reward of losing children
[AI] A woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the men have taken all the benefit of your hadith, so appoint for us from your time a day on which we may come to you and you may teach us from what Allah ﷻ has taught you." So he said, "Gather on such-and-such a day in such-and-such a place." They gathered, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to them and taught them from what Allah ﷻ had taught him. Then he said, "There is no woman among you who sends ahead three of her children except that they will be a shield for her from the Fire." A woman among them said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and two?" She repeated it twice, then he said, "And two, and two, and two."
جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، ذَهَبَ الرِّجَالُ بِحَدِيثِكَ، فَاجْعَلْ لَنَا مِنْ نَفْسِكَ يَوْمًا نَأْتِيكَ فِيهِ تُعَلِّمُنَا مِمَّا عَلَّمَكَ اللَّهُ. فَقَالَ: «اجْتَمِعْنَ فِي يَوْمِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فِي مَكَانِ كَذَا وَكَذَا.» فَاجْتَمَعْنَ، فَأَتَاهُنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَعَلَّمَهُنَّ مِمَّا عَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: «مَا مِنْكُنَّ امْرَأَةٌ تُقَدِّمُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا مِنْ وَلَدِهَا ثَلاَثَةً إِلاَّ كَانَ لَهَا حِجَابًا مِنَ النَّارِ.» فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، اثْنَيْنِ؟ قَالَ: فَأَعَادَتْهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «وَاثْنَيْنِ، وَاثْنَيْنِ، وَاثْنَيْنِ.»
as above (the sub narrators are different). Abu Huraira qualified the three children referred to in the above mentioned Hadith as not having reached the age of committing sins (i.e. age of puberty) .
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِهَذَا وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الأَصْبَهَانِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ ثَلاَثَةً لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ