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Will children go to Paradise?
Will children go to Paradise?
The Bible does not present an explicit teaching on this topic.
However, the article What happens to babies when they
die?
in the eschatology section of this
Questions
& Answers page presents a good explanation of the indirect
evidence found in the Bible.
Some Muslims like to ask if Children who die young go to Heaven
because of original sin. If not, then this is unjust. In Islam
children supposedly do go to heaven. ... However, I found these
hadith:
Sahih Muslim, Book 32, Number 6435:
Narrated Aisha:
A child died and I said: There is happiness for this child
who is a bird from amongst the birds of Paradise.
Thereupon Allah's Apostle (peace_be_upon_him) said:
Don't you know that Allah created the Paradise
and He created the Hell
and He created the dwellers for this (Paradise)
and the denizens for this (Hell)?
When Aisha expresses her belief and expectation of happiness for
the child that died, Muhammad disagrees and instead states that
God has created some people for Hell. Obviously, this includes
children, because that is the topic of the conversation.
Malik's Muwatta, Book 16, Number 16.16.53:
Narrated Abu Hurayrah:
The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, "Every child is born on the fitrah and it is his parents who
make him a Jew or a Christian. Just as a camel is born whole - do
you perceive any defect?" They said, "Messenger of Allah, what
happens to people who die when they are (very) young?" He said,
"Allah knows best what they used to do (or would have done)."
This narration is not as strong as the first one, but again shows
that Muhammad did not believe all children would automatically go
to heaven. He says, we cannot know.
Hope beyond death: The day that death will die
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