Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 82
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا طَلْحَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ، عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، قَالَتْ دُعِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ إِلَى جِنَازَةِ غُلاَمٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ طُوبَى لِهَذَا عُصْفُورٌ مِنْ عَصَافِيرِ الْجَنَّةِ لَمْ يَعْمَلِ السُّوءَ وَلَمْ يُدْرِكْهُ . قَالَ " أَوَ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ لِلْجَنَّةِ أَهْلاً خَلَقَهُمْ لَهَا وَهُمْ فِي أَصْلاَبِ آبَائِهِمْ وَخَلَقَ لِلنَّارِ أَهْلاً خَلَقَهُمْ لَهَا وَهُمْ فِي أَصْلاَبِ آبَائِهِمْ " .
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and 'Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; they said: Waki' narrated to us; Talhah ibn Yahya ibn Talhah ibn 'Ubaydullah narrated to us, from his paternal aunt 'Aishah bint Talhah, from 'Aishah, Mother of the Believers, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was called to the funeral of a boy from the Ansar. I said: Messenger of Allah, glad tidings for him! He is a little bird among the birds of Paradise; he did no evil and had not yet reached its age. He said: Or is it otherwise, Aishah? Allah created people for Paradise, creating them for it while they were in their fathers' loins; and He created people for the Fire, creating them for it while they were in their fathers' loins.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
“Or is it otherwise?” renders the terse challenge أو غير ذلك in context; the Arabic does not include the witness parenthetical about reaching the age of accountability.