THE VOICE

Showing Affection to Children

Abu Hurairah narrated: "Al-Aqra bin Habis saw the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) kissing Al-Hasan and Al-Husain. So he said, 'I have ten children and I do not kiss any one of them.' So the Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, 'Whoever shows no mercy, will be shown no mercy.'" [Jami At-Tirmidhi - graded sahih]

The feelings of love and affection towards one's small children and kissing them are proof of a person's having the quality of tenderness and mercy in his/her heart. We need to be merciful to others in order for Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) to be merciful to us on the Day of Judgement.

Children are mention in Qu'ran (1164) Hadith (401)