What Was Narrated Concerning Weeping For The Deceased
Darussalam · Volume 2
6. The Chapters On WhatHas Been NarratedRegarding FuneralsSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 1591 · Volume 4 · Page 91
Hasan sahih
حسن صحيح التعليق على ابن ماجة
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1591. It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ passed by some women of 'Abdul-Ashhal who were weeping for their slain on the Day of Uhud. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "But there is no one to weep for Hamzah." So the women of Ansār started to weep for Hamzah. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ woke up and said, 'Woe to them, have they not gone home yet? Tell them to go home and not to weep for anyone who dies after this day.'" (Hasan)
1591 - حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَرَّ بِنِسَاءِ عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ، يَبْكِينَ هَلْكَاهُنَّ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَكِنَّ حَمْزَةَ لَا بَوَاكِيَ لَهُ» فَجَاءَ نِسَاءُ الْأَنْصَارِ يَبْكِينَ حَمْزَةَ، فَاسْتَيْقَظَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «وَيْحَهُنَّ مَا انْقَلَبْنَ بَعْدُ؟ مُرُوهُنَّ فَلْيَنْقَلِبْنَ، وَلَا يَبْكِينَ عَلَى هَالِكٍ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ»
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Its objective was not to admire the act of their weeping with a loud voice; rather it was to express their vulnerability since their close family was also not present who are naturally more grieved. Allāh's Messenger made clear that he did not mean to admire weeping with a loud voice, that is why he commanded the women to go back. Gathering in the deceased's house for weeping, beating the cheeks or chest and wailing is prohibited; the gathering in the deceased's house even without wailing is prohibited.