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مَنْ يُكَنَّى أَبَا ثَعْلَبَةَ، أَبُو ثَعْلَبَةَ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ

tabarani:19251 – Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. ʿUqbah al-Shaybānī > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Ḥulwānī > Ḥammād b. Masʿadah > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > ʿUmar b. Nabhān > Abū Thaʿlabah al-Ashjaʿī

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I had two children who passed away in Islam." He said, "Whoever has two children who pass away in Islam, Allah will admit him into Paradise by His mercy towards them." After that, I met Abu Hurairah and said to him, "Are you the one whom the Messenger of Allah mentioned regarding the two children?" He said, "Yes." I said, "If he had said it to me, it would have been dearer to me than being covered with chickpeas and Palestine."  

الطبراني:١٩٢٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ نَبْهَانَ عَنْ أَبِي ثَعْلَبَةَ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَاتَ لِي وَلَدَانِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ فَقَالَ «مَنْ مَاتَ لَهُ وَلَدَانِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ أَدْخَلَهُ اللهُ الْجَنَّةَ بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِهِ إِيَّاهُمَا» فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ لَقِيَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَنْتَ الَّذِي قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْوَلَدَيْنِ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ لَئِنْ يَكُونَ قَالَهُ لِي أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا غُلِّقَتْ عَلَيْهِ حِمْصُ وَفِلَسْطِينُ  

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ahmad:27220 – Ḥammād b. Masʿadah > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > ʿUmar b. Nabhān > Abū Thaʿlabah al-Ashjaʿī

[Machine] I said, "What happens to someone like me, O Messenger of Allah, who has children in Islam?" He said, "Whoever dies and has children in Islam, Allah will admit him to Paradise by His mercy and favor upon him and them." He said, "After that, Abu Hurairah met me and said, 'Are you the one whom the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said to regarding the two children?' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'He said that to me is more beloved to me than being given Palestine and its surroundings.'"  

أحمد:٢٧٢٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ نَبْهَانَ عَنْ أَبِي ثَعْلَبَةَ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ قَالَ

قُلْتُ مَاتَ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَلَدَانِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ فَقَالَ مَنْ مَاتَ لَهُ وَلَدَانِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ أَدْخَلَهُ اللهُ ﷻ الْجَنَّةَ بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِهِ إِيَّاهُمَا قَالَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ لَقِيَنِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْوَلَدَيْنِ مَا قَالَ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَأَنْ يَكُونَ قَالَهُ لِي أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا غُلِّقَتْ عَلَيْهِ حِمْصُ وَفِلَسْطِينُ