Hadith 200

Sahih Muslim

Book 45: The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship

Chapter 47

The Virtue Of One Whose Child Dies And He Seeks Reward

باب فَضْلِ مَنْ يَمُوتُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ فَيَحْتَسِبُهُ ‏ ‏

Sahih Muslim 2636b
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ طَلْقِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ، النَّخَعِيِّ أَبِي غِيَاثٍ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِابْنٍ لَهَا فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ يَشْتَكِي وَإِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْهِ قَدْ دَفَنْتُ ثَلاَثَةً ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ طَلْقٍ ‏.‏ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ الْكُنْيَةَ ‏.‏
"‏ لَقَدِ احْتَظَرْتِ بِحِظَارٍ شَدِيدٍ مِنَ النَّارِ ‏"
Abu Huraira reported that a woman came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) with her child and said:

Allah's Messenger, he is ailing, and I am afraid (that he may die), as I have already buried three. Thereupon he said: It (their sad demise) would be a protection against Hell-Fire for you. Zuhair has not mentioned the kunya of Abu Ghiyath; he has mentioned his name.