١٦٤ - باب فضل من مات له أولاد صغار

From Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "There is no Muslim three of whose children die before reaching the age of accountability but that Allah will admit him to Paradise through the bounty of His mercy towards them." Agreed upon.

From Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "No Muslim has three of his children die but that the Fire will not touch him, save for the fulfilment of the oath." Agreed upon. The "fulfilment of the oath" refers to the words of Allah, Most High: "And there is none of you but will come to it" [Maryam 19:71]. The "coming to it" is the crossing over the Ṣirāṭ, which is a bridge erected over the back of Hell — may Allah keep us safe from it.

From Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: A woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: "O Messenger of Allah, the men have taken all your teaching for themselves; so appoint for us a day of your own on which we may come to you, that you may teach us from what Allah has taught you." He said: "Gather on such-and-such a day." So they gathered, and the Prophet ﷺ came to them and taught them from what Allah had taught him. Then he said: "There is no woman among you who sends ahead three of her children but that they will be a shield for her from the Fire." A woman said: "And two?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "And two." Agreed upon.