Children and Allah’s Justice Concerning Them

I asked the Messenger of Allah (SA): “Tell me: Will Allah, the Mighty and High, punish His Creation without evidence?” He (SA) replied, “Allah forbid.” I asked, “Then, do the children of monotheists go to Heaven or Hell?…

I asked him, “For what reason did Allah, the Mighty and High, drown the whole of the earth in the time of Nuh (AS), while there were children among them who were free of sin?” So he (AS) replied, There were no children…

3. Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid (RA) said: Muhammad ibn al-Hasan alSaffar said, on the authority of al-`Abbas ibn Ma`ruf, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Sinan, on the authority of Talhah ibn Zayd, on…

When the Day of Judgement comes, Allah, the Mighty and High, will hold objection against seven: the child, the one who died during the period between two prophets, the elderly senile man who lived during the period of…

I saw Abu Ja`far al-Baqir (AS) praying over the small son of Ja`far (AS), so he said the Allhhu Akbar then said: “O Zurarah! Verily, this and its likes do not require the prayer (of the deceased). If it were not for the…

6. My father (RA) said: Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah said, on the authority of al-Haytham ibn Abu Masruq al-Nahdi, on the authority of al-Hasan ibn Mahbub, on the authority of `Ali ibn Ri`ab, on the authority of al-Halabi that…

“The sons fall short of the deeds of the fathers, so Allah, the Mighty and High, unites the sons with the fathers so that their eyes may rest.”

When the child of believing parents passes away, a caller warns the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth: Beware! Verily, the son of the so and so has passed away. If the child’s father, mother, or relatives have…

It is atonement for his parents.”

Messenger of Allah (SA) said: Marry virgins! Verily, they are the purest in speech, the best in morals, and the most fertile. Have you not come to know that on the Day of Judgment, I would be proud of you over other…

I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS) about the children of the Prophets (AS). He replied, “They are not like the children of other people.” The reporter sys: I asked him about Ibrahim, son of the Messenger of Allah (SA),…

Verily, the process of recognizing justice and injustice, and the way of differentiation between the two or aversion from them, is not something innate. In fact, it is due to the approval or disapproval of the intellect.…

I asked Abu Ja`far Muhammad ibn `Ali al-Baqir (AS): O son of the Messenger of Allah! Some children are born dead. Some are miscarried. Some are born deaf or dumb. Some die the hour they are born. Some die at puberty. And…