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[2150] 23 - (928) 'Abdullâh bin Abî Mulaikah said: "A daughter of 'Uthmân bin 'Affân died in Makkah and we came to attend her funeral. It was also attended by Ibn 'Umar and Ibn 'Abbâs, and I was sitting between them. I sat beside one of them, then the other came and sat beside me. 'Abdullâh bin 'Umar said to 'Amr bin 'Uthmân, who was opposite him: 'Why don't you tell them not to cry? For the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: The deceased is tormented because of the crying of his family for him.'" (927) - Ibn 'Abbâs said: "Umar used to say that sometimes." Then he narrated: "I set out with 'Umar from Makkah, then when we were in Al-Baidâ', we saw a party of riders in the shade of a tree. He said: 'Go and see who these riders are.' I looked and saw that it was Suhaib. I told him and he said: 'Call him to me.' So I went back to Suhaib and said: 'Go and join the Commander of the Believers.' When 'Umar was attacked, Suhaib came in crying and saying: 'O my brother, O my friend!' 'Umar said: 'O Suhaib, are you crying for me, when the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: The deceased is tormented because of some of his family's crying for him.'?" (929) - Ibn 'Abbâs said: "When 'Umar died, I told 'Aîshah about that and she said: 'May Allāh have mercy on 'Umar. No, by Allāh, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ did not say: 'Allāh torments the believer because of the crying of anyone.' Rather he said: 'Allāh increases the torment of the disbeliever because of his family's crying for him.' And 'Aîshah said: 'The Qur'ân is sufficient for you: ...And no bearer of burdens shall bear another's burden.'"[1] At that, Ibn 'Abbâs said: "And Allāh makes (whom He wills) laugh, and makes (whom He wills) weep." Ibn Abî Mulaîkah said: "By Allāh, Ibn 'Umar did not say anything."