Mishkat al-Masabih 2378

‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Umar reported: We were with the Prophet ﷺ on one of his campaigns when he passed by a group of people and asked, ‘Who are these people?’ They replied, ‘We are Muslims.’ A woman was tending a pot, and her son was with her. Whenever its heat rose, she moved him away. She came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked, ‘Are you the Messenger of Allah?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ She said, ‘May my father and mother be ransomed for you! Is Allah not the Most Merciful of those who show mercy?’ He said, ‘Indeed He is.’ She asked, ‘Is Allah not more merciful to His servants than a mother is to her child?’ He said, ‘Indeed He is.’ She said, ‘A mother would never cast her child into the Fire.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ bowed his head and wept, then raised it and said, ‘Allah punishes only the defiant rebel who defiantly turns against Allah and refuses to say, “There is no god but Allah.”’ Reported by Ibn Majah. The hadith was not studied by al-Albani.