صحيح البخاري

Hadith 1250

Book 23: The Book of Al-Janaiz (Funerals)

كِتَاب الْجَنَائِزِ

Chapter 6

(6) Chapter. The superiority of the person whose child dies and he faces the event with patience hoping for Allah’s reward.

6- بَابُ فَضْلِ مَنْ مَاتَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ فَاحْتَسَبَ، وَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ}:

English narration

Narrated by أبو هريرة الدوسي

The women requested the Prophet, "Please fix a day for us." So the Prophet (ﷺ) preached to them and said, "A woman whose three children died would be screened from the Hell Fire by them," Hearing that, a woman asked, "If two died?" The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "Even two (would screen her from the (Hell) Fire. " And Abu Huraira added, "Those children should be below the age of puberty. "

النص العربي

وَقَالَ شَرِيكٌ : عَنْ ابْنِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ، وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ : لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ .

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 1250In-book: Book 23, Hadith 1250

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