Volume 2, Book 23, Number 375:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Ubaidullah bin Abi Mulaika:
One of the daughters of ‘Uthman died at Mecca. We went to attend her funeral procession. Ibn
‘Umar and Ibn Abbas were also present. I sat in between them (or said, I sat beside one of them. Then
a man came and sat beside me.) ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said to ‘Amr bin ‘Uthman, “Will you not prohibit
crying as Allah’s Apostle has said, ‘The dead person is tortured by the crying of his relatives.?” Ibn
Abbas said, “Umar used to say so.” Then he added narrating, “I accompanied Umar on a journey from
Mecca till we reached Al-Baida. There he saw some travelers in the shade of a Samura (A kind of
forest tree). He said (to me), “Go and see who those travelers are.” So I went and saw that one of them
was Suhaib. I told this to ‘Umar who then asked me to call him. So I went back to Suhaib and said to
him, “Depart and follow the chief of the faithful believers.” Later, when ‘Umar was stabbed, Suhaib
came in weeping and saying, “O my brother, O my friend!” (on this ‘Umar said to him, “O Suhaib! Are
you weeping for me while the Prophet said, “The dead person is punished by some of the weeping of
his relatives?” Ibn Abbas added, “When ‘Umar died I told all this to Aisha and she said, ‘May Allah be
merciful to Umar. By Allah, Allah’s Apostle did not say that a believer is punished by the weeping of
his relatives. But he said, Allah increases the punishment of a non-believer because of the weeping of
his relatives.” Aisha further added, “The Quran is sufficient for you (to clear up this point) as Allah
has stated: ‘No burdened soul will bear another’s burden.’ ” (35.18). Ibn Abbas then said, “Only Allah
makes one laugh or cry.” Ibn Umar did not say anything after that.