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nasai:1872Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. al-Sarḥ > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿImrān b. Nāfiʿ > Ḥafṣ b. ʿUbaydullāh > Anas

"Whoever seeks reward for (the loss of) three of his own children, he will enter Paradise." A woman stood up and said: "Or two?" He said: "Or two." The woman said: "I wish that I had said, 'or one."'  

النسائي:١٨٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرٌو قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بُكَيْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ نَافِعٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ احْتَسَبَ ثَلاَثَةً مِنْ صُلْبِهِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَامَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ أَوِ اثْنَانِ قَالَ أَوِ اثْنَانِ قَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قُلْتُ وَاحِدًا  


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muslim:2632cQutaybah b. Saʿīd > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz / Ibn Muḥammad > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

In case anyone amongst you sees the sad demise of three children of (hers) and she resigns herself to the will of God hoping to get reward, she would be admitted to Paradise. A woman from amongst them said: Messenger of Allah, even if they (the children who die) are two. Thereupon, he (the Holy Prophet, ) said: Even if they are two.  

مسلم:٢٦٣٢cحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِنِسْوَةٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ لاَ يَمُوتُ لإِحْدَاكُنَّ ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَتَحْتَسِبَهُ إِلاَّ دَخَلَتِ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ أَوِ اثْنَيْنِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَوِ اثْنَيْنِ  

ahmad:8916Qutaybah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Suhayl > Abīhiʿan Abū Hurayrah

In case anyone amongst you sees the sad demise of three children of (hers) and she resigns herself to the will of God hoping to get reward, she would be admitted to Paradise. A woman from amongst them said: Messenger of Allah, even if they (the children who die) are two. Thereupon, he (the Holy Prophet, ) said: Even if they are two. (Using translation from Muslim 2632c)  

أحمد:٨٩١٦حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَعْنِي قَالَ لِنِسْوَةٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ لَا يَمُوتُ لِإِحْدَاكُنَّ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَتَحْتَسِبُهُ إِلَّا دَخَلَتِ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ أَوِ اثْنَانِ ؟ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ أَوِ اثْنَانِ  

nasai-kubra:2011Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. al-Sarḥ > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿImrān b. Nāfiʿ > Ḥafṣ b. ʿUbaydullāh > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said, "Whoever patiently bears three hardships, will enter Paradise." So, a woman got up and asked, "Or two?" He replied, "Or two." The woman said, "I wish I had said only one." Abu Abdulrahman Bukair, the son of Abdullah bin Ashajj, said, "They are three brothers: Ya'qub, Bukair, and Umar. Bukair is the eldest and most knowledgeable among them."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٠١١أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ عَمْرٌو وَحَدَّثَنِي بُكَيْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ نَافِعٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنِ احْتَسَبَ ثَلَاثَةً مِنْ صُلْبِهِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ» فَقَامَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ أَوِ اثْنَانِ قَالَ «أَوِ اثْنَانِ» قَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قُلْتُ وَاحِدًا قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بُكَيْرٌ هُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ وَهُمْ ثَلَاثَةُ إِخْوَةٍ يَعْقُوبُ وَبُكَيْرٌ وَعُمَرُ وَأَجَلُّهُمٍ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ حَدِيثًا بُكَيْرٌ  

bayhaqi:7138Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Faḍl b. Ibrāhīm > Aḥmad b. Salamah > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

In case anyone amongst you sees the sad demise of three children of (hers) and she resigns herself to the will of God hoping to get reward, she would be admitted to Paradise. A woman from amongst them said: Messenger of Allah, even if they (the children who die) are two. Thereupon, he (the Holy Prophet, ) said: Even if they are two. (Using translation from Muslim 2632c)   

البيهقي:٧١٣٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْفَضْلِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِنِسْوَةٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ لَا يَمُوتُ لِإِحْدَاكُنَّ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَتَحْتَسِبَهُمْ إِلَّا دَخَلَتِ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ أَوِ اثْنَيْنِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ أَوِ اثْنَيْنِ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ