Ali bin Rabi'ah Al-Asadi said: A man died among the Ansar named Qarazah bin Ka'b, and he was being wailed over. So Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah came and ascended the Minbar. He uttered thanks and praise to Allah and said: As for the gravity of wailing in Islam, indeed I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: 'The one who is wailed over is punished as long as he is being wailed over.'
Read More..Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: There are four matters in my nation that are from the matters of Jahiliyyah which the people will not leave: Wailing, slandering one's lineage, Al-Adwa - a camel gets mange, so one hundred camels get mange - but who gave the first camel mange? And Al-Anwa (saying): We got rain because of this or that celestial positioning.'
Read More..Umar bin Al-Khattab narrated that: The Messenger of Allah said: The deceased is punished for the crying of his family over him.
Read More..Musa bin Abi Musa Al-Asha'ri narrated from his father that: The Messenger of Allah said: No one dies and they stand over him crying and saying: 'O what a great man he was! O how respectful he was!' except that two angels are appointed for him to poke him (saying): 'Is that you?'
Read More..Yahya bin Abdur-Rahman narrated from Ibn Umar that: The Prophet said: The deceased is punished for the crying of his family over him. So, Aishah said: May Allah have mercy upon him. He has not lied, but he is mistaken. It is only that the Messenger of Allah said about a Jewish man who died: 'The deceased is being punished and his family is crying over him.'
Read More..Jabir bin Abdullah narrated: The Prophet took Abdur-Rahman bin Awf by the hand and went with him to his son Ibrahim. He found him in his last breaths, so he took him and put him on his lap and cried. Abdur-Rahman said to him: 'You cry? Didn't you prohibit (your followers) from crying?' He said: 'No. But I prohibited two foolish immoral voices: A voice during a calamity while clawing at one's face and tearing one's clothes, and Shaitan's scream.' And there is more that is stated in the Hadith.
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