Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو عَمْرِو بْنُ السَّمَّاكِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ الْمُنَادِي ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ السَّهْمِيُّ ثنا هِشَامٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَسَّانَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ صَعْصَعَةَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ لَقِيتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ ؓ يَقُودُ جَمَلًا لَهُ أَوْ يَسُوقُهُ فِي عُنُقِهِ قِرْبَةٌ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَا لَكَ؟ قَالَ لِي عَمَلِي فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَا لَكَ؟ قَالَ لِي عَمَلِي ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَلَا تُحَدِّثُنِي شَيْئًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمَيْنِ يَمُوتُ لَهُمَا ثَلَاثَةٌ يَعْنِي مِنَ الْوَلَدِ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ إِلَّا أَدْخَلَهُمَا اللهُ الْجَنَّةَ بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِهِ إِيَّاهُمْ وَمَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ أَنْفَقَ زَوْجَيْنِ مِنْ مَالِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ إِلَّا ابْتَدَرَتْهُ حَجَبَةُ الْجَنَّةِ 18565 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ وَيُونُسَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمَعْنَاهُ زَادَ إِلَّا اسْتَقْبَلَتْهُ حَجَبَةُ الْجَنَّةِ كُلُّهُمْ يَدْعُوهُ إِلَى مَا قِبَلَهُ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ رِجَالًا فَرَجُلَيْنِ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ إِبِلًا فَبَعِيرَيْنِ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ غَنَمًا فَشَاتَيْنِ
English Translation
Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Fadl al-Qattan informed us in Baghdad, from Abu Amr ibn al-Sammak, from Muhammad ibn Ubaydullah al-Munadi, from Abdullah ibn Bakr al-Sahmi, from Hisham — meaning Ibn Hassan — from al-Hasan, from Sa'sa'ah ibn Mu'awiyah who said: I met Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) leading or driving his camel with a water-skin around its neck. I said: O Abu Dharr, what is the matter? He said: I have my deeds. I said: O Abu Dharr, what is the matter? He said: I have my deeds — three times. I said: Will you not narrate to me something you heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)? He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say: No two Muslim parents lose three children who have not reached the age of accountability except that Allah admits them to Paradise by the virtue of His mercy upon them. And no Muslim spends a pair from his wealth in the cause of Allah except that the gatekeepers of Paradise rush toward him. And Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Abdan informed us, from Ahmad ibn Ubayd, from Muhammad ibn Isa al-Wasiti, from Amr ibn Awn, from Hushaym, from Mansur and Yunus, from al-Hasan — and he mentioned it with a similar meaning, adding: Except that the gatekeepers of Paradise rush toward him, each one calling him to what is before him. I asked: How is that? He said: If it is men, then two men; if it is camels, then two camels; if it is sheep, then two sheep.