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Sunan Ibn Majah 1609

Chapter: What was narrated concerning one who suffers from a miscarriage

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 1609

Narrator:Mu‘ādh ibn Jabal

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ هَاشِمِ بْنِ مَرْزُوقٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبِيدَةُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ، عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ ‏

"‏ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّ السِّقْطَ لَيَجُرُّ أُمَّهُ بِسَرَرِهِ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ إِذَا احْتَسَبَتْهُ ‏"

It was narrated from Mu’adh bin Jabal that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

“By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! The miscarried fetus will drag his mother by his umbilical cord to Paradise, if she (was patient and) sought reward (for her loss).”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 1609) and Ahmad (No. 21076).

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Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( سَرَره ) بِفَتْحَتَيْنِ وَتَكْسِر السِّين هُوَ مَا تَقْطَعهُ الْقَابِلَة وَهُوَ السُّرّ بِالضَّمِّ أَيْضًا وَأَمَّا السُّرَّة فَهِيَ مَا يَبْقَى بَعْد الْقَطْع وَفِي الزَّوَائِد إِسْنَاده ضَعِيف لِاتِّفَاقِهِمْ عَلَى ضَعْف مَنْدَل اِبْن عَلِيّ قَوْله ( إِذَا اِحْتَسَبْته ) أَيْ صَبَرْت عَلَيْهِ طَلَبًا لِلْأَجْرِ مِنْ اللَّه وَفِي الزَّوَائِد فِي إِسْنَاده يَحْيَى بْن عُبَيْد اللَّه بْن مَوْهِب وَفْد اِتَّفَقُوا عَلَى ضَعْفه وَاَللَّه أَعْلَم.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1609
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1609
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1609
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1609

Other versions

Weak Mishkat al-Masabih 1754

Mu'adh b. Jabal reported God’s messenger as saying, “No pair of Muslims will lose three [of their children] by death without God bringing them into paradise by His great mercy.” He was asked if that applied if they lost two, and said it did. He was also asked if it applied if they lost one, and…

وَعَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمَيْنِ يُتَوَفَّى لَهُمَا ثَلَاثَةٌ إِلَّا أَدْخَلَهُمَا اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِهِ إِيَّاهُمَا»…

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  • بغية الباحث عن زوائد مسند الحارث (269)مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمَيْنِ يَمُوتُ لَهُمَا ثَلاثَةُ أَوْلادٍ إِلا أَدْخَلَهُمَا اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِهِ قَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَاثْنَانِ قَالَ : وَاثْنَانِ قَالُوا : أَوْ وَاحِدٌ قَالَ : أَوْ وَاحِدٌ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّ السِّقْطَ لَيَجُرُّ أُمَّهُ بِسَر

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