Narrated Anas bin Malik: We were (in the funeral procession) of one of the daughters of the Prophet and he was sitting by the side of the grave. I saw his eyes shedding tears. He said, Is there anyone among you who did not have sexual relations with his wife last night? Abu Talha replied in the affirmative. And so the Prophet told him to get down in the grave. And so he got down in her grave.
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah bin 'Ubaidullah bin Abi Mulaika: One of the daughters of `Uthman died at Mecca. We went to attend her funeral procession. Ibn `Umar and Ibn `Abbas were also present. I sat in between them (or said, I sat beside one of them. Then a man came and sat beside me.) `Abdullah bin `Umar said to `Amr bin `Uthman, Will you not prohibit crying as Allah's Apostle has said, 'The dead person is tortured by the crying of his relatives.
Read More..Ibn `Abbas said, `Umar used to say so. Then he added narrating, I accompanied `Umar on a journey from Mecca till we reached Al-Baida. There he saw some travelers in the shade of a Samura (A kind of forest tree). He said (to me), Go and see who those travelers are. So I went and saw that one of them was Suhaib. I told this to `Umar who then asked me to call him. So I went back to Suhaib and said to him, Depart and follow the chief of the faithful believers. Later, when `Umar was stabbed, Suhaib came in weeping and saying, O my brother, O my friend! (on this `Umar said to him, O Suhaib! Are you weeping for me while the Prophet said, The dead person is punished by some of the weeping of his relatives?
Read More..Ibn Abbas added, When `Umar died I told all this to Aisha and she said, 'May Allah be merciful to `Umar. By Allah, Allah's Apostle did not say that a believer is punished by the weeping of his relatives. But he said, Allah increases the punishment of a non-believer because of the weeping of his relatives. Aisha further added, The Qur'an is sufficient for you (to clear up this point) as Allah has stated: 'No burdened soul will bear another's burden.' (35.18). Ibn `Abbas then said, Only Allah makes one laugh or cry. Ibn `Umar did not say anything after that.
Read More..Narrated `Aisha: (the wife of the Prophet) Once Allah's Apostle passed by (the grave of) a Jewess whose relatives were weeping over her. He said, They are weeping over her and she is being tortured in her grave.
Read More..Narrated Abu Burda: That his father said, When `Umar was stabbed, Suhaib started crying: O my brother! `Umar said, 'Don't you know that the Prophet said: The deceased is tortured for the weeping of the living'?
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