al-Tasalli wal-Ightibat bi-Thawab man Taqaddam min al-Afrat
- Author died
- 705 AH
- Editions
- Maktabat al-Qur'an
al-Tasalli wal-Ightibat bi-Thawab man Taqaddam min al-Afrat (Consolation and Rejoicing in the Reward of Predeceased Children) is a hadith treatise by the Shafi'i hadith scholar Abd al-Mumin ibn Khalaf al-Dumyati (613–705 AH / 1217–1306 CE) focusing on patience and the heavenly reward promised to parents who lose children.
Composition and Purpose
The treatise was dictated by al-Dumyati at al-Madrasa al-Zahiriyya in Cairo on 24 Rabi' al-Awwal 673 AH (1274 CE). In his opening remarks, the author states that he compiled the work to outline the virtue of those who suffer the loss of children and kin, exhibiting patience and anticipating reward at the initial shock of calamity, and to record the divine honor and recompense promised to them as transmitted by a company of the Prophet's Companions.
Content and Structure
The work opens with Quranic passages regarding trials and patience, notably verses from Surah al-Baqarah: وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِنَ الأَمْوَالِ وَالأَنْفُسِ وَالثَّمَرَاتِ وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ ("And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient"), offering linguistic and exegetical commentary alongside traditions on the virtue of istirja' (uttering إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ ).
Following the Quranic introduction, al-Dumyati presents authentic and attributed prophetic traditions detailing the spiritual status of bereaved parents. The narrations address themes including:
- The reward of losing three, two, or more offspring before reaching adulthood, and their serving as a protection against Hellfire.
- Tribulations serving to expiate sins until the believer meets God free of wrongdoing.
- Traditions describing deceased young children in the afterlife, including their role in leading their parents into Paradise.
The author provides chains of transmission for the traditions, documenting narrations through Companions such as Abu Hurayrah, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, Mu'adh ibn Jabal, Ka'b ibn Malik, Utbah ibn 'Abd, Umm Sulaym, Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah, Anas ibn Malik, Abu Dharr, Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud, Abu Tha'labah al-Ashja'i, Abd Allah ibn 'Abbas, 'Uqbah ibn 'Amir, Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, and Qurrah ibn Iyas al-Muzani.
Publication
The work was edited by Majdi al-Sayyid Ibrahim and published in Cairo by Maktabat al-Quran in 1988.
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