Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1605
حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ الْمَعْنِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمَيْنِ يُتَوَفَّى لَهُمَا ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ إِلاَّ أَدْخَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِيَّاهُمْ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Yusuf ibn Hammad al-Maani narrated to us: Abd al-Warith ibn Said narrated to us, from Abd al-Aziz ibn Suhayb, from Anas ibn Malik, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘There are no two Muslims who lose three children before they reach puberty except that Allah will admit them to Paradise through His gracious mercy toward them.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
‘مُسْلِمَيْنِ’ refers to two Muslims; the Arabic does not explicitly identify them as mother and father, so the translation does not add that gloss. ‘لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ’ refers to not having reached puberty.