Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1952
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنِي مُجَاهِدُ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ ذَرَارِيِّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ " اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ " .
Translation
Mujahid ibn Musa informed me, from Hushaym, from Abu Bishr, from Sa‘id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was asked about the children of the polytheists. He replied: ‘Allah knows best what they would have done.’
Translation notes
This wording uses ذَرَارِيّ (children/offspring) for the question about the polytheists’ children.