حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا وَکِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا طَلْحَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَی بْنِ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ دُعِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَی جِنَازَةِ غُلَامٍ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ طُوبَی لِهَذَا عُصْفُورٌ مِنْ عَصَافِيرِ الْجَنَّةِ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ السُّوئَ وَلَمْ يُدْرِکْهُ قَالَ أَوَ غَيْرُ ذَلِکَ يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ لِلْجَنَّةِ أَهْلًا خَلَقَهُمْ لَهَا وَهُمْ فِي أَصْلَابِ آبَائِهِمْ وَخَلَقَ لِلنَّارِ أَهْلًا خَلَقَهُمْ لَهَا وَهُمْ فِي أَصْلَابِ آبَائِهِمْ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 82
It was narrated that ‘Aishah me Mother of the Believers said: “The Messenger of Allah s.a.w.w. was called to the funeral of a child from among the Ansar. I said: ‘0 Messenger of Allah, glad tidings for him! He is one of the little birds of Paradise , who never did evil or reached the age of doing evil (i.e., age of accountability).’ He said: it may not be so, 0 ‘Aishahl For Allah has created people for Paradise , He created them for it when they were still in their fathers’ loins. And He has created people for Hell, He created them for it when they were still in their fáthers’ loins.’” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020