Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 145
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.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
ʿAyyāsh related to us: ʿAbd al-Aʿlā related to us: Saʿīd al-Jurayrī related to us, from Khālid al-ʿAbsī, who said: A son of mine died, and I was overcome with intense grief. I said, ‘Abū Hurayrah, have you heard anything from the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) that might console us about our dead?’ He replied, ‘I heard the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) say: “Your little ones are the free-roaming creatures of Paradise.”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
دَعَامِيصُ is uncommon; the English witness interprets it as children roaming freely in the Garden. ‘Free-roaming creatures’ retains the image while signaling lexical uncertainty.