Sunan Abi Dawud · (Abwab Un Noam )
باب فِي فَضْلِ مَنْ عَالَ يَتَامَى
Chapter: The virtue of one who takes care of an orphan.
4 hadith · references 5146–5149
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Abu Dawud · 5146مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أُنْثَى فَلَمْ يَئِدْهَا وَلَمْ يُهِنْهَا وَلَمْ يُؤْثِرْ وَلَدَهُ عَلَيْهَا ، قَالَ يَعْنِي الذُّكُورَ أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone has a female child, and does not bury her alive, or slight her, or prefer his children (i. e. the male ones) to her, Allah will bring him into Paradise. Uthman d6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5147مَنْ عَالَ ثَلَاثَ بَنَاتٍ فَأَدَّبَهُنَّ وَزَوَّجَهُنَّ وَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهِنَّ ، فَلَهُ الْجَنَّةُNarrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone cares for three daughters, disciplines them, marries them, and does good to them, he will go to Paradise.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5148حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ ، قَالَ : ثَلَاثُ أَخَوَاتٍ أَوْ ثَلَاثُ بَنَاتٍ ، أَوْ بِنْتَانِ ، أَوْ أُخْتَانِ . The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Suhail through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version has: “three sisters, or three daughter, or two daughter, or two sisters”.3 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5149أَنَا وَامْرَأَةٌ سَفْعَاءُ الْخَدَّيْنِ كَهَاتَيْنِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، وَأَوْمَأَ يَزِيدُ بِالْوُسْطَى وَالسَّبابةِ ، امْرَأَةٌ آمَتْ مِنْ زَوْجِهَا ذَاتُ مَنْصِبٍ وَجَمَالٍ حَبَسَتْ نَفْسَهَا عَلَى يَتَامَاهَا حَتَّNarrated Awf ibn Malik al-Ashjai: The Prophet ﷺ said: I and a woman whose cheeks have become black shall on the Day of Resurrection be like these two (pointing to the middle and forefinger), i. e. a woman of rank and bea5 narrators