Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1756
وَعَنْ قُرَّةَ الْمُزَنِيِّ: أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَأْتِي النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَعَهُ ابْنٌ لَهُ. فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَتُحِبُّهُ؟» فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحَبَّكَ اللَّهُ كَمَا أُحِبُّهُ. فَفَقَدَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «مَا فَعَلَ ابْنُ فُلَانٍ؟» قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَاتَ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَمَّا تحب أَلا تَأْتِيَ بَابًا مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَّا وَجَدْتَهُ يَنْتَظِرُكَ؟» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَهُ خَاصَّةً أَمْ لِكُلِّنَا؟ قَالَ: «بَلْ لِكُلِّكُمْ» . رَوَاهُ أَحْمد
Qurra al-Muzani said: A man used to come to the Prophet ﷺ with his son. The Prophet ﷺ asked him, ‘Do you love him?’ He replied, ‘Messenger of Allah, may Allah love you as I love him.’ The Prophet ﷺ later missed the boy and asked, ‘What has happened to so-and-so’s son?’ They said, ‘Messenger of Allah, he has died.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Would you not like to come to any gate of Paradise and find him waiting for you?’ A man asked, ‘Is that particular to him, or for all of us?’ He replied, ‘Rather, it is for all of you.’ Ahmad transmitted it.