Volume 2, Book 23, Number 381:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah:
On the day of the Battle of Uhud, my father was brought and he had been mayhemed and was
placed in front of Allah’s Apostle and a sheet was over him. I went intending to uncover my father
but my people forbade me; again I wanted to uncover him but my people forbade me. Allah’s Apostle
gave his order and he was shifted away. At that time he heard the voice of a crying woman and
asked, “Who is this?” They said, “It is the daughter or the sister of Amr.” He said, “Why does she weep?
(or let her stop weeping), for the angels had been shading him with their wings till he (i.e. the body
of the martyr) was shifted away.”
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 366:
Narrated Khabbab:
We emigrated with the Prophet (p.b.u.h) in Allah’s cause, and so our reward was then surely in –
cumbent on Allah. Some of us died and they did not take anything from their rewards in this world,
and amongst them was Mustab bin ‘Umar; and the others were those who got their rewards. Mustab
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bin ‘Umar was martyred on the day of the Battle of Uhud and we could get nothing except his Burd
to shroud him in. And when we covered his head his feet became bare and vice versa. So the Prophet
ordered us to cover his head only and to put idhkhir (a kind of shrub) over his feet.
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 382:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
The Prophet said, “He who slaps his cheeks, tears his clothes and follows the ways and traditions of
the Days of Ignorance is not one of us.”
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 367:
Narrated Sahl:
A woman brought a woven Burda (sheet) having edging (border) to the Prophet, Then Sahl asked
them whether they knew what is Burda, they said that Burda is a cloak and Sahl confirmed their
reply. Then the woman said, “I have woven it with my own hands and I have brought it so that you
may wear it.” The Prophet accepted it, and at that time he was in need of it. So he came out wearing it
as his waist-sheet. A man praised it and said, “Will you give it to me? How nice it is!” The other
people said, “You have not done the right thing as the Prophet is in need of it and you have asked for
it when you know that he never turns down anybody’s request.” The man replied, “By Allah, I have
not asked for it to wear it but to make it my shroud.” Later it was his shroud.
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 368:
Narrated Um ‘Atiyya:
We were forbidden to accompany funeral processions but not strictly.
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 369:
Narrated Muhammad bin Sirin:
One of the sons of Um ‘Atiyya died, and when it was the third day she asked for a yellow perfume
and put it over her body, and said, “We were forbidden to mourn for more than three days except for
our husbands.”
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 370:
Narrated Zainab bint Abi Salama:
When the news of the death of Abu Sufyan reached from Sham, Um Habiba on the third day,
asked for a yellow perfume and scented her cheeks and forearms and said, “No doubt, I would not
have been in need of this, had I not heard the Prophet saying: “It is not legal for a woman who be –
lieves in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for more than three days for any dead person except her
husband, for whom she should mourn for four months and ten days.”
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Volume 2, Book 23, Number 371:
Narrated Zainab bint Abi Salama:
I went to Um Habiba, the wife of Prophet, who said, “I heard the Prophets saying, ‘It is not legal for
a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for any dead person for more than three
days except for her husband, (for whom she should mourn) for four months and ten days’.” Later I
went to Zainab bint Jahsh when her brother died; she asked for some scent, and after using it she
said, “I am not in need of scent but I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, ‘It is not legal for a woman who be –
lieves in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for more than three days for any dead person except her
husband, (for whom she should mourn) for four months and ten days.’ “