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IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-103: ANAK-ANAK YANG BELUM BALIGH AKAN MEMBERI SYAFAAT DAN MENUNGGU IBUBAPA MEREKA DI PINTU SYURGA
Can children who die before puberty intercede for their parents and wait for them at the gates of Paradise?
Short answer
The Qur’an has no explicit verse on a child's intercession for parents, but it mentions Allah joining believing offspring with their parents in Paradise.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hadith
- Topic
- Quran & Hadith
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
The Qur’an has no explicit verse on a child's intercession for parents, but it mentions Allah joining believing offspring with their parents in Paradise. A sound hadith in Muslim and a hadith reported by al-Thabarani, graded sahih by al-Albani, indicate that children who die before puberty can intercede for their parents and wait for them at the gates of Paradise. This remains subject to the will of Allah, who may grant intercession to whomever He wishes.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Berdasarkan ayat al-Qur'an dan al-Hadith yang diberikan, ini menunujukkan bahawa kanak-kanak yang meninggal sebelum baligh mampu memberi syafaat kepada kedua ibubapanya
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-103: ANAK-ANAK YANG BELUM BALIGH AKAN MEMBERI SYAFAAT DAN MENUNGGU IBUBAPA MEREKA DI PINTU SYURGA”, 28 July 2016. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-al-hadith/1130-irsyad-al-hadith-siri-ke-103-anak-anak-yang-belum-baligh-akan-memberi-syafaat-dan-menunggu-ibubapa-mereka-di-pintu-syurga. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/children-intercede-for-parents-paradise-gate/