Volume 2, Book 23, Number 402:
Narrated Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri
The Prophet said, “When a funeral is ready and the men carry the deceased on their necks
(shoulders), if it was pious then it will say, ‘Present me quickly’, and if it was not pious, then it will
say, ‘Woe to it (me), where are they taking it (me)?’ And its voice is heard by everything except man –
kind and if he heard it he would fall unconscious.”
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 387:
Narrated Anas:
When the reciters of Quran were martyred, Allah’s Apostle recited Qunut for one month and I
never saw him (i.e. Allah’s Apostle) so sad as he was on that day.
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 388:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
One of the sons of Abu Talha became sick and died and Abu Talha at that time was not at home.
When his wife saw that he was dead, she prepared him (washed and shrouded him) and placed him
somewhere in the house. When Abu Talha came, he asked, “How is the boy?” She said, “The child is
quiet and I hope he is in peace.” Abu Talha thought that she had spoken the truth. Abu Talha passed
the night and in the morning took a bath and when he intended to go out, she told him that his son
had died, Abu Talha offered the (morning) prayer with the Prophet and informed the Prophet of
what happened to them. Allah’s Apostle said, “May Allah bless you concerning your night. (That is,
may Allah bless you with good offspring).” Sufyan said, “One of the Ansar said, ‘They (i.e. Abu Talha
and his wife) had nine sons and all of them became reciters of the Quran (by heart).’ “
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 389:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, “The real patience is at the first stroke of a calamity.”
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 390:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
We went with Allah’s Apostle (p.b.u.h) to the blacksmith Abu Saif, and he was the husband of the
wet-nurse of Ibrahim (the son of the Prophet). Allah’s Apostle took Ibrahim and kissed him and
smelled him and later we entered Abu Saif’s house and at that time Ibrahim was in his last breaths,
and the eyes of Allah’s Apostle (p.b.u.h) started shedding tears. ‘Abdur Rahman bin ‘Auf said, “O Al –
lah’s Apostle, even you are weeping!” He said, “O Ibn ‘Auf, this is mercy.” Then he wept more and
said, “The eyes are shedding tears and the heart is grieved, and we will not say except what pleases
our Lord, O Ibrahim ! Indeed we are grieved by your separation.”
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.
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 376:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) Once Allah’s Apostle passed by (the grave of) a Jewess whose relatives
were weeping over her. He said, “They are weeping over her and she is being tortured in her grave.”
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 377:
Narrated Abu Burda:
That his father said, “When Umar was stabbed, Suhaib started crying: O my brother! ‘Umar said,
‘Don’t you know that the Prophet said: The deceased is tortured for the weeping of the living’?”
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