Mercy towards Children

... Narrated Hasana' daughter of Mu'awiyah: She reported on the authority of her paternal uncle: I asked the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him): Who are in Paradise? He replied: Prophets are in Paradise, martyrs are in Paradise, infants are in Paradise and children buried alive are in Paradise. ...

... Abu Umamah narrated that a man asked: "O Allah's Messenger(SAW), what are the rights of parents over their child?" He said:"They are your Paradise and your Hell." (Daif) ...

... It was narrated from 'Aishah that the Prophet said: "Your children are part of the best of your earnings, so eat from what your children earn." (Sahih) …

Narrated Jabir: "Allah's Apostle said to me, "Have you got married O Jabir?" I replied, "Yes." He asked "What, a virgin or a matron?" I replied, "Not a virgin but a matron." He said, "Why did you not marry a young girl who would have fondled with you?" I replied, "O Allah's Apostle! My father was martyred on the day of Uhud and left nine (orphan) daughters who are my nine sisters; so I disliked to have another young girl of their age, but (I sought) an (elderly) woman who could comb their hair and look after them." The Prophet said, "You have done the right thing."

Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: "A woman whose three children die will be shielded by them from the Hellfire." On that a woman asked, "If only two die?" He replied, "Even two (will shield her from the Hellfire)."

Narrated Aisha: A lady along with her two daughters came to me asking (for some alms), but she found nothing with me except one date which I gave to her and she divided it between her two daughters, and did not eat anything herself, and then she got up and went away. Then the Prophet came in and I informed him about this story. He said, "Whoever is put to trial by these daughters and he treats them generously (with benevolence) then these daughters will act as a shield for him from Hell-Fire."

Narrated 'Aisha: A Bedouin came to the Prophet and said, "You (people) kiss the boys! We don't kiss them." The Prophet said, "I cannot put mercy in your heart after Allah has taken it away from it."

Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, Allah divided Mercy into one-hundred parts and He kept its ninety-nine parts with Him and sent down its one part on the earth, and because of its one single part, His creations are Merciful to each other, so that even the mare lifts up its hoofs away from its baby animal, lest it should trample on it."

Narrated Jarir bin 'Abdullah:The Prophet said, "He who is not merciful to others, will not be treated mercifully.

Narrated Abu Qatada Al-Ansari: Allah's Apostle was praying and he was carrying Umama the daughters of Zainab, the daughter of Allah's Apostle and she was the daughter of 'As bin Rabi'a bin 'AbduShams. When he prostrated, he put her down and when he stood, he carried her (on his neck).

Being Dutiful

Ibn 'Umar said, "Allah has called them the 'dutiful' (al-Abrar) because they are dutiful (birr) to their parents and children. Just as you have a duty which you owe your parent, so you have a duty which you owe your child."

Fairness

Narrated An-Nu'man bin Bashir: That his father gave a slave to a son of his. So he went to the Prophet (saws) to have him witness it. He (saws) said: 'Have you give a gift similar to this one to all of your sons?' He replied:'No'. So he said: 'Then take him back.'" …

An-Nu'man bin Bashir delivered a Khutbah and said: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'Treat your children fairly, treat your children fairly.'" ...

It was narrated from 'Abdul-Hamid bin Salamah Al-Ansari, from his father, from his grandfather, that he became Muslim but his wife refused to become Muslim. A young son of theirs, who had not yet reached puberty, came, and the Prophet seated the father on one side and the mother on the other side, and he gave him the choice. He said: "O Allah, guide him," and (the child) went to his father. …

It was narrated that Abu Musa said: "The Messenger of Allah (saw) cursed the one who separates a mother and her child, or a brother from his brother."

Tribulation of Children

Narrated Abu Huraira: Sign of end of time is that “The slave girls will give birth to her mistress” (Part of a long Hadith). One interpretation is that children will treat their parents like servants. Will order them around and tell them what to do. Which is clear indication of destruction of the social order

Narrated Anas:

The Prophet (saw) said "None of you will have faith till he loves me more than his father, his children and all mankind."

It was narrated from Ya'la Al -Amir that he said: "Hasan and Hussain came running to the Prophet (SAW) and he embraced them and said: 'Children make a man miser and a coward.'" (Hasan) …

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:

"Trials will not cease afflicting the believing man and the believing woman in their self, children, and wealth, until they meet Allah without having any sin."

Manners

Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah(SAW) said: "Be kind to your children, and perfect their manners." (Da'if) ...

Earning

It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "The Messenger of Allah said: "The best (most pure) food that a man eats is that which he has earned himself, and a man's child (and his child's wealth) is part of his earnings" (Sahih)

Hajj

Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) reported: A woman lifted up her child and said: Messenger of Allah, would the child be credited with having performed the Hajj? Thereupon he said: Yes, and there would be a reward for you.

Dua of Intercourse

Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, "If anyone of you, when intending to have a sexual intercourse with his wife, says: 'Bismillah, Allahumma jannibna-sh-shaitan, wa jannibi-sh-shaitan ma razaqtana,' and if the couple are destined to have a child (out of that very sexual relation), then Satan will never be able to harm that child."