Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Al-Janaiz (Funerals)
6- بَابُ فَضْلِ مَنْ مَاتَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ فَاحْتَسَبَ، وَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ}:
(6) Chapter. The superiority of the person whose child dies and he faces the event with patience hoping for Allah’s reward.
4 hadith · references 1248–1251
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Bukhari · 1248مَا مِنَ النَّاسِ مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يُتَوَفَّى لَهُ ثَلَاثٌ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ إِلَّا أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِهِ إِيَّاهُمْThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A Muslim whose three children die before the age of puberty will be granted Paradise by Allah due to his mercy for them."4 narratorsBukhari · 1249أَنَّ النِّسَاءَ قُلْنَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : اجْعَلْ لَنَا يَوْمًا ، فَوَعَظَهُنَّ , وَقَالَ : أَيُّمَا امْرَأَةٍ مَاتَ لَهَا ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ كَانُوا حِجَابًا مِنَ النَّارِ , قَالَتِ اThe 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, "If5 narratorsBukhari · 1250وَقَالَ شَرِيكٌ : عَنْ ابْنِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ، وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ أَبُو هُرThe 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, "If5 narratorsBukhari · 1251لَا يَمُوتُ لِمُسْلِمٍ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَيَلِجَ النَّارَ إِلَّا تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِThe 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)."5 narrators