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

Book 33: Etiquette
Chapter 1: Honoring one’s parents

Ḥadīth [3660]: It is narrated on the authority of Abī Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated 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.”

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)]

• Musnad Aḥmad (10610 (16/356-357)) [Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ]
• Musnad Aḥmad (10559 (9/516-517)) [Aḥmad Shākir]
• Muṣannaf ibn Abī Shaybah (12455 (7/242))
• Muṣannaf ibn Abī Shaybah (31723 (16/326-327))
• 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))
• 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))

Grade:

• Ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh al-Albānī (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmi’)
• Ṣaḥīḥ isnād by Shaykh Aḥmad Shākir (Musnad Aḥmad)
• Ḥasan by Shaykh al-Albānī (Ṣaḥīḥ Sunan ibn Mājah (2968 (3/214)))
• Ḥasan by Imām as-Suyūṭī (Al-Jāmi’ aṣ-Ṣaghīr)
• Ḥasan isnād by Ḥāfiẓ Zubayr ‘Alī Za’ī (Sunan ibn Mājah & Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ)
• Ḥasan isnād by Shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ (Sunan ibn Mājah & Musnad Aḥmad)
• Ḥasan isnād by Shaykh al-Albānī (Al-Adab al-Mufrad)

Note: The first part of the ḥadīth is declared weak. The grades mentioned above are for the second part of the ḥadīth.