English translation
4080. Jābir added, "When my father was martyred, I started weeping and uncovering his face by removing the clothes from it. The Companions of the Prophet ﷺ stopped me from doing so, but the Prophet ﷺ did not stop me. Then the Prophet ﷺ said, '(O Jābir) don't weep over him, for the angels kept on covering him with their wings till his body was carried away (for burial)."
