Anas reported: There was a child on the road as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, passed through with his companions. When the mother saw the people coming, she was afraid they would trample her son. She quickly gathered him up, saying, “My son! My son!” The companions said, “O Messenger of Allah, this woman would never cast her child into the fire.” The Prophet said, “No, and neither would Allah cast His beloved into the Hellfire.”
Source: Musnad Aḥmad 13467
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Arna’ut
عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ كَانَ صَبِيٌّ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الطَّرِيقِ فَمَرَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَعَهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْ أُمُّ الصَّبِيِّ الْقَوْمَ خَشِيَتْ أَنْ يُوطَأَ ابْنُهَا فَسَعَتْ وَحَمَلَتْهُ وَقَالَتْ ابْنِي ابْنِي قَالَ فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا كَانَتْ هَذِهِ لِتُلْقِيَ ابْنَهَا فِي النَّارِ قَالَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا وَلَا يُلْقِي اللهُ حَبِيبَهُ فِي النَّارِ
13467 مسند أحمد بن حنبل
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