The Noble Scholar Shaykh Muhammad bin Sālih Al-‘Uthaymīn رحمه الله stated:

“Being gentle and merciful with the children is from the means of entering into the paradise and attaining salvation from the hellfire.”

【Sharh Riyād As-Sālihīn 3/113】‌

‏‎قال الشيخ ابن عثيمين رحمه الله

.مُلاطَفَةُ الصِّبْيانِ والرَّحمةُ بِهِم‏‎ مِن أسْباب دُخول الجنَّة والنَّجاةِ مِن النَّار

.‏‎شرح رياض الصالحين – ١١٣/٣