Jabir ibn 'Abdullah said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, say, 'If anyone has three of his children
die young and resigns them to Allah, he will enter the Garden.' We said,
'Messenger of Allah, what about two?' 'And two,' he said." Mahmud ibn Labid
said to Jabir, "By Allah, I think that if you had asked, 'And one?' he would
have given a similar answer." He said, "By Allah, I think so too."
Abu Hurayra reported, "A woman came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, and said, 'Messenger of Allah! We cannot come
to sit with you, so set aside a day when we can come.' He said, 'Your appointed
place is the house of so-and-so.' He came to the women at that time. Part
of what he said to them was, 'There is no woman among you who has three children
die, resigning them to Allah, who will not enter the Garden.' A woman said,
'And if it is two?' He replied, 'And if it is two.'"
حَدَّثَنَا عَيَّاشٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْعَبْسِيِّ قَالَ: مَاتَ ابْنٌ لِي، فَوَجَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَجَدَا شَدِيدًا، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، مَا سَمِعْتَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم شَيْئًا تُسَخِّي بِهِ أَنْفُسَنَا عَنْ مَوْتَانَا؟ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ: صِغَارُكُمْ دَعَامِيصُ الْجَنَّةِ.
Khalid al-'Absi said, "A son of mine died and I felt intense grief over
his loss. I said, 'Abu Hurayra, have you heard anything from the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to cheer us regarding our dead?'
He replied, 'I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
say, "Your children are roaming freely in the Garden."'"
