I said to Abu Hurairah, "Two of my sons have died. Will you narrate to us a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that will comfort our hearts concerning our deceased?"He replied, "Yes. He said, 'Their little ones are the small creatures 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 taking hold of the hem of this garment of yours, and he does not let go until Allah admits him and his father into Paradise.'"In the narration of Suwayd, he said, Abu Saleel narrated to us, and Ubaydullah bin Saeed also narrated it to me, Yahya (meaning bin Saeed) narrated to us, from al-Taymi, with this chain, and he said, "Have you heard anything from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that will comfort our hearts concerning our deceased?"He replied, "Yes."
قلت لأبي هريرة: إنه قد مات لي ابنان فما أنت محدثي عن رسول الله ﷺ بحديث تطيب أنفسنا عن موتانا؟ قال، قال: نعم: صغارهم دعميص 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. وفي رواية سويد قال: حدثنا أبو السليل وحدثنيه عبيد الله بن سعيد، حدثنا يحيى (يعني بن سعيد) عن التيمي، بهذا الإسناد، وقال: هل سمعت من رسول الله ﷺ شيئا تطيب به أنفسنا عن موتانا؟ قال: نعم.
Muslim narrated it in Al-Birr wal-Sila (2635) from Suwayd bin Saeed and Muhammad bin Abdul-Ala, who both said, Mutamir told us, from his father, from Abu Saleel, from Abu Hassan, and he related it.His saying, "daamis," the singular is "daamus," meaning the little children of its people. The root meaning of "daamus" is a small creature that lives in water and never leaves it. That is, this little child is in Paradise and never leaves it.