Kissing the children and having mercy and clemency towards them
Narrator in the source: ‘Ā’ishah, Mother of the Believers, reported saying:
‘Ā’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported: Some Bedouins visited the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and they said: "Do you kiss your children?" He said: 'Yes.' They said: "By Allah we do not kiss our children." Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then what can I do if Allah has removed mercy from your hearts?"- Grade in the source
- Authentic hadith
- Reported by
- Narrated by Bukhari & Muslim
- Source entry
- HadeethEnc · 4251 ↗
Original Arabic wording
عن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت: قَدِمَ نَاسٌ مِنَ الأَعْرَابِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فقالوا: أَتُقَبِّلُونَ صِبْيَانَكُمْ؟ فقال: «نعم» قالوا: لَكِنَّا واللهِ ما نُقَبِّلُ! فقال رسولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم : «أَوَ أَمْلِكُ إن كانَ اللهُ نَزَعَ مِنْ قُلُوبِكُم الرَّحْمَةَ!».Understand this hadith
Some Bedouins came to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and (during their visit) they asked him: "Do you kiss your children?" The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) replied: 'Yes.' Bedouins are normally harsh and rigorous, so they said: "We never kiss our children." So the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: If Allah has removed mercy from your hearts, I would not be able to put it in them.
References (original Arabic)
1- فتح الباري لابن حجر (430/10). 2- شرح صحيح مسلم(14915). 3-كنوز رياض الصالحين(610/4). 4-شرح رياض الصالحين لابن عثيمين(553/2).