Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي السَّلِيلِ عَنْ أَبِي حَسَّانَ قَالَ تُوُفِّيَ ابْنَانِ لِي فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدِيثًا تُحَدِّثُنَاهُ يُطَيِّبُ بِأَنْفُسِنَا عَنْ مَوْتَانَا قَالَ نَعَمْ صِغَارُهُمْ دَعَامِيصُ الْجَنَّةِ يَلْقَى أَحَدُهُمْ أَبَاهُ أَوْ قَالَ أَبَوَيْهِ فَيَأْخُذُ بِنَاحِيَةِ ثَوْبِهِ أَوْ يَدِهِ كَمَا آخُذُ بِصَنِفَةِ ثَوْبِكَ هَذَا فَلَا يُفَارِقُهُ حَتَّى يُدْخِلَهُ اللَّهُ وَأَبَاهُ الْجَنَّةَ.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Abi 'Adi told us, from Sulayman, from Abu al-Salil, from Abu Hassan, who said: Two sons of mine died, so I said to Abu Hurayrah: "Have you heard a hadith from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, that you could relate to us, to console ourselves about our dead?" He said: "Yes: their little ones are the tadpoles of Paradise. One of them meets his father - or he said his parents - and takes hold of the edge of his garment or his hand, just as I take hold of the edge of your garment now, and does not let go of him until Allah admits him and his father into Paradise."