أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِيَاسٍ وَهُوَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ قُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَی النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَعَهُ ابْنٌ لَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَتُحِبُّهُ فَقَالَ أَحَبَّکَ اللَّهُ کَمَا أُحِبُّهُ فَمَاتَ فَفَقَدَهُ فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ مَا يَسُرُّکَ أَنْ لَا تَأْتِيَ بَابًا مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَّا وَجَدْتَهُ عِنْدَهُ يَسْعَی يَفْتَحُ لَکَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1875
Abu Iyas — Muawiyah bin Qurrah — narrated from his father that a man came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم accompanied by a son of his. He said to him: “Do you love him?” He said: “May Allah love you as I love him.” Then he (the son) died and he noticed his absence and asked about him. He said: “Will it not make you happy to know that you will not come to any of the gates of Paradise but you will find him there, trying to open it for you?” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020