حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَی وَتَقَارَبَا فِي اللَّفْظِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي السَّلِيلِ عَنْ أَبِي حَسَّانَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ إِنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ لِيَ ابْنَانِ فَمَا أَنْتَ مُحَدِّثِي عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِحَدِيثٍ تُطَيِّبُ بِهِ أَنْفُسَنَا عَنْ مَوْتَانَا قَالَ قَالَ نَعَمْ صِغَارُهُمْ دَعَامِيصُ الْجَنَّةِ يَتَلَقَّی أَحَدُهُمْ أَبَاهُ أَوْ قَالَ أَبَوَيْهِ فَيَأْخُذُ بِثَوْبِهِ أَوْ قَالَ بِيَدِهِ کَمَا آخُذُ أَنَا بِصَنِفَةِ ثَوْبِکَ هَذَا فَلَا يَتَنَاهَی أَوْ قَالَ فَلَا يَنْتَهِي حَتَّی يُدْخِلَهُ اللَّهُ وَأَبَاهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ سُوَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو السَّلِيلِ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 6701
Abu Hassan reported: I said to Abu Huraira that my two children had died. Would you narrate to me anything from Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) a hadith which would soothe our hearts in our bereavements? He said: Yes. Small children are the fowls of Paradise. If one of them meets his father (or he said his parents) he would take hold of his cloth, or he said with his hand as I take hold of the hem of your cloth (with my hand). And he (the child) would not take off (his hand) from it until Allah causes his father to enter Paradise.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020