Sunan ibn Mājah Ḥadīth [3660] – The son praying for forgiveness…
27 September 2020 · 10 Ṣafar 1442 AH
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: الْقِنْطَارُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفَ أُوقِيَّةٍ، كُلُّ أُوقِيَّةٍ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ
وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَتُرْفَعُ دَرَجَتُهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَيَقُولُ: أَنَّى هَذَا؟ فَيُقَالُ: بِاسْتِغْفَارِ وَلَدِكَ لَكَ
Reference
Book 33: Chapters on etiquette
Chapter 1: Honoring one’s parents
Translation
Ḥadīth [3660]: It is narrated on the authority of Abū Hurayrah [d. 57H] (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Qinṭār is twelve thousand ‘uqiyyah, each ‘uqiyyah of which is better than what is between heaven and earth.”
And the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “A man will be raised in status in Paradise and will say: Where did this come from? And it will be said: From your son’s praying for forgiveness for you.”
Takhrīj
• Musnad Aḥmad (10610 (16/356-357)) [Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ]
• Musnad Aḥmad (10559 (9/516-517)) [Aḥmad Shākir]
• Muṣannaf ibn Abī Shaybah (12455 [12207] & 31723 [30359])
• Bayhayqī’s Sunan al-Kubrā (13459 (7/126))
• Al-Mu’jam al-Awsaṭ (5108 (5/210))
• Sharḥ as-Sunnah (1396 (5/197))
• Ḥilyatul Awliyā’ (6/255)
• Al-Adab al-Mufrad (36 (1/26))
Non-primary books:
• Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ (2354)
• Al-Jāmi’ aṣ-Ṣaghīr [Suyūṭī] (1992 (1/123))
• Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmi’ (1617 (1/334))
• Silsilah Aḥādīth aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥah (1598 (4/129-130))
• Al-Jāmi’ al-Kāmil (10949 (14/138) & 13407 (16/501-502))
• Talkhīṣ al-Jāmi’ al-Kāmil (10949 (4/444) & 13407 (5/469))
Grade:
• Ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh al-Albānī (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmi’ (1617 (1/334)))
• Ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh Dr. Sa’d bin Nāṣir ash-Shathrī (Muṣannaf ibn Abī Shaybah (12455 (7/242) & 31723 (16/326-327)))
• Isnād ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh Dr. Ḥamzah Zayn (Musnad Aḥmad (10559 (9/516-517)))
• Isnād ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh Sayyid ‘Imrān (Muṣannaf ibn Abī Shaybah (12207 (4/300)))
• Ḥasan by Shaykh al-Albānī (Ṣaḥīḥ Sunan ibn Mājah (2968 (3/214)))
• Ḥasan by Shaykh Dr. Ḍiyā’-ur-Raḥmān al-‘Aẓamī (Al-Jāmi’ al-Kāmil)
• Ḥasan by Imām as-Suyūṭī (Al-Jāmi’ aṣ-Ṣaghīr)
• Isnād ḥasan by Shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ (Sunan ibn Mājah (3660 (4/631)) & Musnad Aḥmad (10610 (16/356-357)))
• Isnād ḥasan by Ḥāfiẓ Zubayr ‘Alī Za’ī (Sunan ibn Mājah (3660 (1/663)) & Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ (2354 (2/54)))
Note: The first part of the ḥadīth is declared weak. The grades mentioned above are for the second part of the ḥadīth.
Commentary
Commentary by Dakwah Corner Publications (Al-Adab al-Mufrad)
This contains evidence for upgrade of a person by virtue of his child’s supplication. Therefore, parents should ensure the proper upbringing of their wards upon the religion so that the children become sources of upgrade for them after their (i.e., the parent’s) death.
• Reference: [36 (1/40), Al-Adab al-Mufrad, Dakwah Corner Publications (Eng)]
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