al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 980

Translation

✧ A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ with a sick son of hers, and said: O Messenger of Allah, supplicate Allah Almighty to heal this son of mine. He ﷺ said: Do you have a child who has died? She said: Yes, in Islam. He ﷺ said: A strong shield, a strong shield.

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• Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī

  هذا إسناد حسن فإن أبا عبيدة وإن كان فيه مقال لكن جاء من وجه صحيح عن أبي زرعة عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه

  in المطالب العالية, p. 980

Other narrations of this report

Sahih Muslim 2636aMusnad Ahmad 10923al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 5313al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 2012Musnad Abi Ya'la 6072

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

   The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
   أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   Muḥammad b. Sīrīn

   Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid), of great standing; he did not permit narration by meaning.d. 110 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِيرِينَثقة ثبت عابد كبير القدر ، كان لا يرى الرواية بالمعنى
   حدثنا
3. 3
   Saʿīd b. Zarbī

   narrator of rejected hadith (munkar al-ḥadīth)d. between 161 AH and 170 AH
   أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ النَّاجِيُّمنكر الحديث
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Ṣāliḥ b. Mālik

   d. 231 AH
   صَالِحُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Abū Yaʿlā al-Mawṣilī

   d. 307 AH
   أَبُو يَعْلَى

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

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