Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمًا قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ قَالَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمَ بْنَ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ قَالَ ذُكِرَ لِي عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتْ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَسْأَلُهُ وَمَعَهَا صَبِيَّانِ لَهَا فَأَعْطَاهَا ثَلَاثَ تَمَرَاتٍ فَأَعْطَتْ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا تَمْرَةً قَالَ ثُمَّ إِنَّ أَحَدَ الصَّبِيَّيْنِ بَكَى قَالَ فَشَقَّتْهَا فَأَعْطَتْ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ نِصْفًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَامِلَاتٌ وَالِدَاتٌ رَحِيمَاتٌ بِأَوْلَادِهِنَّ لَوْلَا مَا يَصْنَعْنَ بِأَزْوَاجِهِنَّ لَدَخَلَ مُصَلِّيَاتُهُنَّ الْجَنَّةَ.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Ja'far told us, Shu'bah told us; and Hajjaj said: Shu'bah told me, from Mansur, who said: I heard Salim -- Hajjaj said: from Salim ibn Abi al-Ja'd; Ibn Ja'far said: I heard Salim ibn Abi al-Ja'd say: It was mentioned to me on the authority of Abu Umamah that a woman came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, asking of him, with her two young children, so he gave her three dates. She gave each of the two a date. He said: Then one of the two children cried, so she split hers and gave each of them a half. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Women who bear, who give birth, who are merciful to their children -- were it not for what they do to their husbands, those among them who pray would enter Paradise."