Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1604
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَرِيزُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ شُفْعَةَ، قَالَ لَقِيَنِي عُتْبَةُ بْنُ عَبْدٍ السُّلَمِيُّ فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ: " مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَمُوتُ لَهُ ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ إِلاَّ تَلَقَّوْهُ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ الثَّمَانِيَةِ مِنْ أَيِّهَا شَاءَ دَخَلَ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Numayr narrated to us: He said: Ishaq ibn Sulayman narrated to us: Hariz ibn Uthman narrated to us, from Shurahbil ibn Shufah, who said: Utbah ibn Abd al-Sulami met me and said, ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: “There is no Muslim whose three children die before reaching puberty except that they will meet him at one of the eight gates of Paradise, and he will enter through whichever one he wishes.”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
‘لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ’ refers to the children not having reached puberty. The Arabic says the children meet him at the eight gates, and he enters through whichever he chooses.