38/23. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 2563 — Children in Paradise
What Has Been Related About What Bounties There Are for the Lowest Inhabitants of Paradise
Children in Paradise Hadith: Desire, Gift, and Scholarly Discussion
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 2563
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 2563
حَدَّثَنَا بُنْدَارٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ عَامِرٍ الأَحْوَلِ، عَنْ أَبِي الصِّدِّيقِ النَّاجِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " الْمُؤْمِنُ إِذَا اشْتَهَى الْوَلَدَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ كَانَ حَمْلُهُ وَوَضْعُهُ وَسِنُّهُ فِي سَاعَةٍ كَمَا يَشْتَهِي " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ . وَقَدِ اخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي هَذَا فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي الْجَنَّةِ جِمَاعٌ وَلاَ يَكُونُ وَلَدٌ . هَكَذَا رُوِيَ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ وَمُجَاهِدٍ وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِيِّ . وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي حَدِيثِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا اشْتَهَى الْمُؤْمِنُ الْوَلَدَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ كَانَ فِي سَاعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ كَمَا يَشْتَهِي " . وَلَكِنْ لاَ يَشْتَهِي . قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي رَزِينٍ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ لاَ يَكُونُ لَهُمْ فِيهَا وَلَدٌ " . وَأَبُو الصِّدِّيقِ النَّاجِيُّ اسْمُهُ بَكْرُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو وَيُقَالُ بَكْرُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ أَيْضًا .
Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "The Believer, When He Desires A Child In Paradise, He Shall Be Carried (In Pregnancy), Born, And Complete His Aging In An Hour As He Desires." The People Of Knowledge Disagreed Concerning This, So Some Of Them Said That In Paradise There Is Intercourse But No Births. It Has Been Reported Like This From Tawus, Mujahid And Ibrahim Annakha'I.Muhammad Said: "Concerning The Hadith Of The Prophet Saw: 'When The Believer Desires A Child In Paradise, It Shall Be In An Hour As He Desires' Ishaq Bin Ibrahim Said: 'But He Will Not Desire." Muhammad Said: "And It Has Been Reported From Abu Razin Al- 'Uqaili From The Prophet Saw That He Said: 'Indeed The People Of Paradise Shall Not Have Children Therein."
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2563In-book reference : Book 38, Hadith 41English translation : Vol. 4, Book 12, Hadith 2563
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 2563
This Hadith about children in Paradise says that when a believer desires a child in Paradise, the pregnancy, birth, and growth would happen in an hour as he desires. The report then records that scholars differed about this matter. Some said there is intimacy in Paradise but no births, and the text also mentions a report stating that the people of Paradise will not have children there. Because the narration itself includes this discussion, the safest way to read it is with care. The main point is that Paradise is a place where desires are honored by Allah's will, while details of birth there are treated with scholarly caution in the same report.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Hadith connects Paradise with fulfilled desire by Allah's will.
- The narration itself records scholarly disagreement about children in Paradise.
- A careful reader should not make broad claims beyond the wording given.
- The unseen matters of Paradise should be spoken about with restraint.
