Children Going To Heaven
I think that was more related to children dying in punishments after itmam e hujjat. Isn’t a more sound inference that those who don’t do the test don’t get rewarded or punished? Al-A’raf 7:172 وَإِذۡ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ وَأَشۡهَدَهُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ أَلَسۡتُ بِرَبِّكُمْۖ قَالُواْ بَلَىٰۛ شَهِدۡنَآۛ أَن تَقُولُواْ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنۡ هَٰذَا غَٰفِلِينَ The only issue would be that this ayah suggests that ALL of bani Adam took this oath so ALL would be perhaps accountable for it. But they would or should only be accountable if they were presented with situations where they could actually be tested. And if they died so early then they wouldn’t get tested. To say that the children will be wildaanun mukhaldun is just an assumption surely. Allah can create wildaanun mukhaldun out of nothing, he doesn’t need to bring children and then give them death. Also if we think of children who die in a painful manner, if they were just a test for parents couldn’t there have been a less painful way for it? It kind of ties in with animals that why does sacrificing them for food have to be painful?