Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1874

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ صَعْصَعَةَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ، قَالَ لَقِيتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ قُلْتُ حَدِّثْنِي ‏.‏ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمَيْنِ يَمُوتُ بَيْنَهُمَا ثَلاَثَةُ أَوْلاَدٍ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ إِلاَّ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُمَا بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِهِ إِيَّاهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Isma‘il ibn Mas‘ud informed us: Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal narrated to us, from Yunus, from al-Hasan, from Sa‘sa‘ah ibn Mu‘awiyah, who said: I met Abu Dharr and said: ‘Tell me a hadith.’ He said: ‘Yes. The Messenger of Allah said: “There are no two Muslims between whom three children die before reaching puberty but Allah will forgive them through His mercy toward those children.”’