English translation
3666. It was narrated from Ya'la Al-'Amiri that he said: "Hasan and Husain came running to the Prophet ﷺ and he embraced them and said: 'Children make a man a miser and a coward.'" (Hasan)
Hadith 3666
Honoring One's Father And Being Kind To Daughters
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Darussalam · Volume 5
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الحديث: 3666 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1209
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Source no. 3666 · Volume 8 · Page 166
Sahih
صحيح، المشكاة (٤٦٩١ - ٤٦٩٢ / التحقيق الثاني)
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3666 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي رَاشِدٍ، عَنْ يَعْلَى الْعَامِرِيِّ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: جَاءَ الْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ يَسْعَيَانِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَضَمَّهُمَا إِلَيْهِ وَقَالَ: «إِنَّ الْوَلَدَ مَبْخَلَةٌ مَجْبَنَةٌ»
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a. While spending in the cause of Allāh, a human being, sometimes, thinks that if he could save this money it would serve his children. Though controlling such feelings is difficult, but one should try to keep them in limits to avoid being a miser. b. At the time of Jihād the thoughts of children occupies one's mind. He would think about them, that if he becomes martyr, what would happen to his children? Such feelings make him become coward. c. Love of children should be subject to the rulings of Shari'ah.