Hadith #32

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English Translation

It was narrated from 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) — via Muhammad ibn Yazid, from al-'Awwam, from Abu Muhammad — a client of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab — from Abi 'Ubayda ibn 'Abdillah, from his father — that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever has three children who die before reaching [the age of] accountability, they will be a strong fortress for him against the Fire.' Abu al-Darda' said: 'I have had two go before me.' He said: 'And two [is sufficient].' Ubayy ibn Ka'b — Abu al-Mundhir, the master of the reciters — said: 'I have had one go before me.' He said: 'And one [is sufficient]. But that is [with full reward only] at the first moment of shock.' — [Second chain] via Hushaym, from al-'Awwam, from Abu Muhammad — client of 'Umar — from Abi 'Ubayda — the same meaning, except he said: Abu Dharr said: 'I have not had more than two go before me.' Similarly Yazid narrated: 'Abu Dharr said: Two have gone before me.' — [Third chain] via Muhammad and Yazid, from al-'Awwam, from Abu Muhammad — client of 'Umar — from Abi 'Ubayda; these two differed from Hushaym in that they said: 'Abu Muhammad — client of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab.'