I said to Abu Hurairah, "Two of my sons have died. Can you narrate to us a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that will console our hearts concerning our dead?"He replied, "Yes. Their little ones are the small swimmers of Paradise. One of them meets his father," or he said, "his parents, and takes hold of his garment," or he said, "his hand, just as I am holding the hem of this garment of yours, and he does not let go," or he said, "he does not stop, until Allah admits him and his father into Paradise."
قلت لأبي هريرة: إنه قد مات لي ابنان، فما أنت محدثي عن رسول الله ﷺ بحديث تطيب أنفسنا عن موتانا؟ قال: قال: نعم، صغارهم دعاميص الجنة، يتلقى أحدهم أباه- أو قال: أبويه- فيأخذ بثوبه- أو قال: بيده- كما آخذ أنا بصنفة ثوبك هذا، فلا يتناهى- أو قال: فلا ينتهي- حتى يدخله الله وأباه الجنة.
Muslim narrated it in the Book of Righteousness and Kinship Ties (2635) through several routes from Mutamir, from his father, from Abu Saleel, from Abu Hassan, who related it.His saying, "danamees," is the plural of "dumsus," meaning small children among the people of Paradise. The origin of "dumsus" is a small creature that lives in water and never leaves it, meaning that this young child in Paradise never leaves it.His saying, "sinfah of your garment," means the edge of your garment. It is also said "sanifah."