English translation
3128. It was narrated that Abū Sa‘eed Al-Khudrī said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ cursed the woman who wails and the one who listens to her.” (Da‘if)
Hadith 3128
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Darussalam · Volume 3
BOOK 20. THE BOOKOF FUNERALSSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
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الحديث: 3128 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 193
Al-Albani source references (1)
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Source no. 3128 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Da‘if chain
ضعيف الإسناد //، الإرواء (٧٦٩) ، ضعيف الجامع الصغير (٤٦٩٠) بلفظ "لعن الله" //
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Arabic text
3128 - حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ: «لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ النَّائِحَةَ وَالْمُسْتَمِعَةَ»
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Commentary
1. The tradition is weak. Yet, the correct position in the light of other sound Aḥādīth is that we are prohibited even to listen to other people's bewailing, loud lamentation and mourning over the dead. 2. The Arabic term Niyāhah or Nuwah means lamenting and wailing loudly for the dead, or indulging in acts like pulling one's hair, throwing dust over one's head or tearing at one's clothes, and so on. As for the crying itself, there is nothing blameworthy about it.