MERCY OF ALLAH TO HIS WORSHIPERS H H 419 "Some captives were brought before the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, and among them there was a woman who ran frantically here and there searching for her child. When she found her child she picked it up, hugged and suckled it. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said to his Companions: 'Could you imagine this woman throwing her child into the Fire?' The Companions replied: 'Indeed no.' Then he said: 'Allah is more merciful towards His worshipers than she is towards her child.'" R 419 Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Omar the son of Khattab who related this hadith
418- وعن عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه ، قَالَ : قدِم رَسُول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم بسَبْيٍ فَإِذَا امْرَأةٌ مِنَ السَّبْيِ تَسْعَى ، إِذْ وَجَدَتْ صَبياً في السَّبْيِ أخَذَتْهُ فَألْزَقَتهُ بِبَطْنِهَا فَأَرضَعَتْهُ ، فَقَالَ رَسُول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم : "أتَرَوْنَ هذِهِ المَرْأةَ طَارِحَةً وَلَدَها في النَّارِ ؟" قُلْنَا : لاَ وَاللهِ . فَقَالَ : "للهُ أرْحَمُ بِعِبَادِهِ مِنْ هذِهِ بِوَلَدِهَا" مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيهِ .