Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُشَّانَةَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ يَقُولُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ أَثْكَلَ ثَلَاثَةً مِنْ صُلْبِهِ فَاحْتَسَبَهُمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَقَالَ أَبُو عُشَّانَةَ مَرَّةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَمْ يَقُلْهَا مَرَّةً أُخْرَى وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ.
English Translation
Hasan narrated to us, he said: Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to us, he said: Abu 'Ushanah narrated to us, that he heard 'Uqbah ibn 'Amir say, about the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, that he said, "Whoever loses three of his own children and seeks reward for them from Allah, Mighty and Sublime" - Abu 'Ushanah said once "in the way of Allah" and did not say it another time - "Paradise becomes obligatory for him."