Book 11: Funeral Prayer and Burial
Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 1514
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ فُضَيْلُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ بِشْرٍ - قَالَ أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ - حَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ بْنُ غَزِيَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُمَارَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَقِّنُوا مَوْتَاكُمْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ " . وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي الدَّرَاوَرْدِيَّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ جَمِيعًا بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ .
Yahya bin Umarah said: I heard Hazrat Abu Sa'id Khudri (ra) say: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Prompt your dying ones to say ‘La ilaha illallah’ (There is none worthy of worship except Allah).”
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Sahih Muslim 1515
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُثْمَانُ ابْنَا أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ قَالُوا جَمِيعًا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الأَحْمَرُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَقِّنُوا مَوْتَاكُمْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Prompt your dying ones to say ‘La ilaha illallah’ (There is none worthy of worship except Allah).”
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Sahih Muslim 1516
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ وَقُتَيْبَةُ وَابْنُ حُجْرٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ - قَالَ ابْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ - أَخْبَرَنِي سَعْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ كَثِيرِ بْنِ أَفْلَحَ عَنِ ابْنِ سَفِينَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ تُصِيبُهُ مُصِيبَةٌ فَيَقُولُ مَا أَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا . إِلاَّ أَخْلَفَ اللَّهُ لَهُ خَيْرًا مِنْهَا " . قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُ أَىُّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ أَوَّلُ بَيْتٍ هَاجَرَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . ثُمَّ إِنِّي قُلْتُهَا فَأَخْلَفَ اللَّهُ لِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . قَالَتْ أَرْسَلَ إِلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَاطِبَ بْنَ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ يَخْطُبُنِي لَهُ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ لِي بِنْتًا وَأَنَا غَيُورٌ . فَقَالَ " أَمَّا ابْنَتُهَا فَنَدْعُو اللَّهَ أَنْ يُغْنِيَهَا عَنْهَا وَأَدْعُو اللَّهَ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِالْغَيْرَةِ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Salamah (ra) that she said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say: “There is no Muslim whom a misfortune befalls and who says, as Allah has commanded: ‘Surely, to Allah we belong and to Him shall we return.’ (Qur’an 2:157) ‘O Allah! Reward me in my misfortune and give me something better than it in exchange,’ but Allah brings about for him something better than it in exchange.” She said: When Abu Salamah (ra) died, I said: Who among the Muslims will be better than Abu Salamah (ra)? His was the first household that migrated to the Messenger of Allah (saw). Then I made this prayer, and Allah the Exalted gave me the Messenger of Allah (saw) in exchange. She said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) sent Hatib bin Abi Balta'ah to me with a proposal of marriage for himself, and I said: I have a daughter, and I am a jealous woman. He (saw) said: “As for her daughter, we will pray to Allah that He makes her independent of her, and I will pray to Allah that He removes the jealousy (too).”
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Sahih Muslim 1517
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ كَثِيرِ بْنِ أَفْلَحَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ سَفِينَةَ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم تَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ تُصِيبُهُ مُصِيبَةٌ فَيَقُولُ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلاَّ أَجَرَهُ اللَّهُ فِي مُصِيبَتِهِ وَأَخْلَفَ لَهُ خَيْرًا مِنْهَا " . قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُ كَمَا أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَخْلَفَ اللَّهُ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عُمَرُ - يَعْنِي ابْنَ كَثِيرٍ - عَنِ ابْنِ سَفِينَةَ مَوْلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ وَزَادَ قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُ مَنْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثُمَّ عَزَمَ اللَّهُ لِي فَقُلْتُهَا . قَالَتْ فَتَزَوَّجْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Hazrat Umm Salamah (ra), the pure wife of the Prophet (saw), said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say: “There is no servant whom a misfortune befalls and who says: ‘Surely, to Allah we belong and to Him shall we return.’ (Qur’an 2:157) ‘O Allah! Reward me in my misfortune and grant me a good replacement for it,’ but Allah gives him the reward of his misfortune and grants him a good replacement for it.” She (Hazrat Umm Salamah (ra)) said: When Hazrat Abu Salamah (ra) died, I said (it) as the Messenger of Allah (saw) had commanded me. So Allah the Exalted granted me something better than him in exchange, (that is) the Messenger of Allah (saw). In another narration it is that Hazrat Umm Salamah (ra) used to say: When Hazrat Abu Salamah (ra) died, I said: Who can be better than Hazrat Abu Salamah (ra), the Companion (ra) of the Messenger of Allah (saw)? Then Allah gave me the resolve, and I made this prayer. She said: Then I was married to the Messenger of Allah (saw).
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Sahih Muslim 1518
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا حَضَرْتُمُ الْمَرِيضَ أَوِ الْمَيِّتَ فَقُولُوا خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ يُؤَمِّنُونَ عَلَى مَا تَقُولُونَ " . قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ قَدْ مَاتَ قَالَ " قُولِي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلَهُ وَأَعْقِبْنِي مِنْهُ عُقْبَى حَسَنَةً " . قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ فَأَعْقَبَنِي اللَّهُ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لِي مِنْهُ مُحَمَّدًا صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Hazrat Umm Salamah (ra) said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “When you come to a sick or a dying person, say what is good, for the angels say Amin to what you say.” She (Hazrat Umm Salamah (ra)) said: When Hazrat Abu Salamah (ra) died, I came to the Prophet (saw) and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Abu Salamah (ra) has died. He (saw) said: “Say: ‘O Allah! Forgive me and him, and grant me a better replacement than him.’” She said: I made this prayer. Then Allah the Exalted gave me, in exchange for him, one who is better for me than him, that is, Muhammad (saw).
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Sahih Muslim 1519
حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْفَزَارِيُّ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ ذُؤَيْبٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى أَبِي سَلَمَةَ وَقَدْ شَقَّ بَصَرُهُ فَأَغْمَضَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ " إِنَّ الرُّوحَ إِذَا قُبِضَ تَبِعَهُ الْبَصَرُ " . فَضَجَّ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ فَقَالَ " لاَ تَدْعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ إِلاَّ بِخَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ يُؤَمِّنُونَ عَلَى مَا تَقُولُونَ " . ثُمَّ قَالَ " اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لأَبِي سَلَمَةَ وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ فِي الْمَهْدِيِّينَ وَاخْلُفْهُ فِي عَقِبِهِ فِي الْغَابِرِينَ وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلَهُ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَافْسَحْ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ . وَنَوِّرْ لَهُ فِيهِ " . وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْقَطَّانُ الْوَاسِطِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُثَنَّى بْنُ مُعَاذِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ " وَاخْلُفْهُ فِي تَرِكَتِهِ " . وَقَالَ " اللَّهُمَّ أَوْسِعْ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ " . وَلَمْ يَقُلِ " افْسَحْ لَهُ " . وَزَادَ قَالَ خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ وَدَعْوَةٌ أُخْرَى سَابِعَةٌ نَسِيتُهَا .
It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Salamah (ra) that she said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) came to Abu Salamah (ra). His eyes had remained open. He (saw) closed them, then said: “When the soul is taken, the eyes follow it.” Some people of his household cried out. He (saw) said: “Do not pray for yourselves except for good, for the angels say Amin to what you say.” Then he (saw) said: “O Allah! Forgive Abu Salamah (ra), raise his rank among the rightly guided, and be his successor (Khalifah) among those left behind after him. And O Lord of the worlds! Forgive us and him, make his grave spacious for him and give him light in it.” In another narration the words are “wakhlufhu fi tarkatihi” (be his successor in those he has left behind), and instead of “ifsah lahu” it has “ausi' lahu fi qabrihi” (make it wide for him in his grave). The narrator Khalid Hadhdha' said: Another prayer, which was the seventh, I have forgotten.
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Sahih Muslim 1520
وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَلَمْ تَرَوُا الإِنْسَانَ إِذَا مَاتَ شَخَصَ بَصَرُهُ " . قَالُوا بَلَى . قَالَ " فَذَلِكَ حِينَ يَتْبَعُ بَصَرُهُ نَفْسَهُ " . وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ - يَعْنِي الدَّرَاوَرْدِيَّ - عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ .
Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) relates that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Have you seen a person when he dies, that his eyes remain open?” They said: Yes. He (saw) said: “That is when his eyes are following the soul.”
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Sahih Muslim 1521
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كُلُّهُمْ عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ - قَالَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ - عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ قَالَ قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ لَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُ غَرِيبٌ وَفِي أَرْضِ غُرْبَةٍ لأَبْكِيَنَّهُ بُكَاءً يُتَحَدَّثُ عَنْهُ . فَكُنْتُ قَدْ تَهَيَّأْتُ لِلْبُكَاءِ عَلَيْهِ إِذْ أَقْبَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الصَّعِيدِ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تُسْعِدَنِي فَاسْتَقْبَلَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَالَ " أَتُرِيدِينَ أَنْ تُدْخِلِي الشَّيْطَانَ بَيْتًا أَخْرَجَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ " . مَرَّتَيْنِ فَكَفَفْتُ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ فَلَمْ أَبْكِ .
Hazrat Umm Salamah (ra) said: When Hazrat Abu Salamah (ra) died, I said: A traveller (has died) in a foreign land. I shall certainly weep over him in such a way that it will be talked about. I had made up my mind to weep over him when suddenly a woman came from the upper part (of Medina) intending to help me (in weeping). The Messenger of Allah (saw) met her and said (to me): “Do you want to bring Satan into a house from which Allah has driven him out?” (He (saw) said this) twice, so I refrained from weeping and did not weep again.
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Sahih Muslim 1522
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ - يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ - عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ إِحْدَى بَنَاتِهِ تَدْعُوهُ وَتُخْبِرُهُ أَنَّ صَبِيًّا لَهَا - أَوِ ابْنًا لَهَا - فِي الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ لِلرَّسُولِ " ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهَا فَأَخْبِرْهَا إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا أَخَذَ وَلَهُ مَا أَعْطَى وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ عِنْدَهُ بِأَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى فَمُرْهَا فَلْتَصْبِرْ وَلْتَحْتَسِبْ " فَعَادَ الرَّسُولُ فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا قَدْ أَقْسَمَتْ لَتَأْتِيَنَّهَا . قَالَ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَامَ مَعَهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ وَمُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُمْ فَرُفِعَ إِلَيْهِ الصَّبِيُّ وَنَفْسُهُ تَقَعْقَعُ كَأَنَّهَا فِي شَنَّةٍ فَفَاضَتْ عَيْنَاهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ سَعْدٌ مَا هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " هَذِهِ رَحْمَةٌ جَعَلَهَا اللَّهُ فِي قُلُوبِ عِبَادِهِ وَإِنَّمَا يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الرُّحَمَاءَ " . وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ جَمِيعًا عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ . غَيْرَ أَنَّ حَدِيثَ حَمَّادٍ أَتَمُّ وَأَطْوَلُ .
It is narrated from Hazrat Usamah bin Zaid (ra) that he said: We were with the Prophet (saw). One of his (saw) daughters sent for him, informing him that her child (or he said) her son was about to die. He (saw) said to the messenger: “Go back to her and tell her that to Allah belongs what He has taken and to Him belongs what He has given, and everything has an appointed term with Him. Tell her to be patient and hope for a good reward.” The messenger came again and said: She has adjured you to come to her without fail. The narrator said: The Prophet (saw) stood up, and Hazrat Sa'd bin Ubadah (ra) and Hazrat Mu'adh bin Jabal (ra) also stood up with him. I too went along with them. The child was handed to him (saw), and his breath was rattling as though he were in a waterskin. His (saw) eyes overflowed with tears. Hazrat Sa'd (ra) submitted to him: O Messenger of Allah (saw), what is this? He (saw) said: “This is mercy which Allah has placed in the hearts of His servants, and Allah has mercy on those of His servants who are merciful.”
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Sahih Muslim 1523
حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى الصَّدَفِيُّ وَعَمْرُو بْنُ سَوَّادٍ الْعَامِرِيُّ قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ اشْتَكَى سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ شَكْوَى لَهُ فَأَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعُودُهُ مَعَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ وَسَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ وَجَدَهُ فِي غَشِيَّةٍ فَقَالَ " أَقَدْ قَضَى " . قَالُوا لاَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ . فَبَكَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَمَّا رَأَى الْقَوْمُ بُكَاءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَكَوْا فَقَالَ " أَلاَ تَسْمَعُونَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يُعَذِّبُ بِدَمْعِ الْعَيْنِ وَلاَ بِحُزْنِ الْقَلْبِ وَلَكِنْ يُعَذِّبُ بِهَذَا - وَأَشَارَ إِلَى لِسَانِهِ - أَوْ يَرْحَمُ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra) that Sa'd bin Ubadah (ra) fell ill. The Messenger of Allah (saw) came to visit him along with Abdur Rahman bin Auf (ra), Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (ra) and Abdullah bin Mas'ud (ra). When he (saw) went in to him, he found him unconscious and asked: “Has he died?” They said: No, O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Then the Messenger of Allah (saw) wept. When the people saw the Messenger of Allah (saw) weeping, (they too) wept. He (saw) said: “Listen! Allah the Exalted does not punish for the tears of the eye or the grief of the heart, but He punishes or shows mercy because of this,” and he (saw) pointed to his tongue.
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Sahih Muslim 1524
وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى الْعَنَزِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَهْضَمٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ - وَهُوَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ - عَنْ عُمَارَةَ - يَعْنِي ابْنَ غَزِيَّةَ - عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُعَلَّى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُنَّا جُلُوسًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يَا أَخَا الأَنْصَارِ كَيْفَ أَخِي سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ " . فَقَالَ صَالِحٌ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ يَعُودُهُ مِنْكُمْ " . فَقَامَ وَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ وَنَحْنُ بِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ مَا عَلَيْنَا نِعَالٌ وَلاَ خِفَافٌ وَلاَ قَلاَنِسُ وَلاَ قُمُصٌ نَمْشِي فِي تِلْكَ السِّبَاخِ حَتَّى جِئْنَاهُ فَاسْتَأْخَرَ قَوْمُهُ مِنْ حَوْلِهِ حَتَّى دَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَصْحَابُهُ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ .
It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra) that he said: We were in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (saw) when a man from the Ansar came to him (saw). He greeted him (saw) with Salam. Then the Ansari (ra) turned to go back. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “O brother of the Ansar! How is my brother Sa'd bin Ubadah (ra)?” He said: Better. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Which of you will visit him?” So he (saw) got up, and we too got up with him, and we were somewhat more than ten people. We had neither shoes nor leather socks, neither caps nor shirts. We walked across that salty ground until we came to him. His (Ubadah's (ra)) people drew back from around him, and the Messenger of Allah (saw) and those of his Companions (ra) who were with him came near.
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Sahih Muslim 1525
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ - يَعْنِي ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ - حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " الصَّبْرُ عِنْدَ الصَّدْمَةِ الأُولَى " .
Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra) said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “True patience is only at the first stroke of the calamity.”
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Sahih Muslim 1526
وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَتَى عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ تَبْكِي عَلَى صَبِيٍّ لَهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا " اتَّقِي اللَّهَ وَاصْبِرِي " . فَقَالَتْ وَمَا تُبَالِي بِمُصِيبَتِي . فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ قِيلَ لَهَا إِنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . فَأَخَذَهَا مِثْلُ الْمَوْتِ فَأَتَتْ بَابَهُ فَلَمْ تَجِدْ عَلَى بَابِهِ بَوَّابِينَ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَمْ أَعْرِفْكَ . فَقَالَ " إِنَّمَا الصَّبْرُ عِنْدَ أَوَّلِ صَدْمَةٍ " . أَوْ قَالَ " عِنْدَ أَوَّلِ الصَّدْمَةِ " . وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ الْعَمِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ح وَحَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالُوا جَمِيعًا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عُمَرَ بِقِصَّتِهِ . وَفِي حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِامْرَأَةٍ عِنْدَ قَبْرٍ .
It is narrated from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra) that the Messenger of Allah (saw) came to a woman who was weeping over her son. He (saw) said to her: “Fear Allah (Taqwa) and be patient.” She said: What do you know of my misfortune? When he (saw) had gone, she was told: This was the Messenger of Allah (saw). At this a deathlike state came over her. She came to his (saw) door and found no doorkeeper at his door. She said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! I did not recognise you. He (saw) said: “Patience is at the first stroke of the calamity.” In the narration of Abdus Samad it is that the Prophet (saw) passed by a woman who was at a grave.
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Sahih Muslim 1527
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ بِشْرٍ - قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ - عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ حَفْصَةَ بَكَتْ عَلَى عُمَرَ فَقَالَ مَهْلاً يَا بُنَيَّةُ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ يُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ أَهْلِهِ عَلَيْهِ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah (ra) that Hazrat Hafsah (ra) began to weep over Hazrat Umar (ra) (at the time of the murderous attack), and he said: O daughter! Wait a little. Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah (saw) has said: “The deceased is punished because of the weeping of his family over him”?
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Sahih Muslim 1528
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عُمَرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الْمَيِّتُ يُعَذَّبُ فِي قَبْرِهِ بِمَا نِيحَ عَلَيْهِ " . وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عُمَرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الْمَيِّتُ يُعَذَّبُ فِي قَبْرِهِ بِمَا نِيحَ عَلَيْهِ " .
Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) narrates from Hazrat Umar (ra) that the Prophet (saw) said: “The deceased is punished in his grave because of the wailing that is done over him.” Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) narrates from Hazrat Umar (ra) that the Prophet (saw) said: “The deceased is punished in his grave because of the wailing that is done over him.”
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Sahih Muslim 1529
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ السَّعْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ لَمَّا طُعِنَ عُمَرُ أُغْمِيَ عَلَيْهِ فَصِيحَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا أَفَاقَ قَالَ أَمَا عَلِمْتُمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ لَيُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ الْحَىِّ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) that he said: When Hazrat Umar (ra) was attacked, he (ra) fell unconscious, and there was crying and wailing over him. When he (ra) came to, he (ra) said: Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah (saw) has said that the deceased is punished because of the weeping of the living?
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Sahih Muslim 1530
حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ لَمَّا أُصِيبَ عُمَرُ جَعَلَ صُهَيْبٌ يَقُولُ وَاأَخَاهْ . فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ يَا صُهَيْبُ أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ لَيُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ الْحَىِّ " .
Abu Burdah narrates from his father that he said: When Hazrat Umar (ra) was attacked, Hazrat Suhaib (ra) began to say: Alas, my brother (alas, my brother)! Hazrat Umar (ra) said to him: O Suhaib! Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah (saw) has said that the deceased is punished because of the weeping of the living?
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Sahih Muslim 1531
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ صَفْوَانَ أَبُو يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ لَمَّا أُصِيبَ عُمَرُ أَقْبَلَ صُهَيْبٌ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَى عُمَرَ فَقَامَ بِحِيَالِهِ يَبْكِي فَقَالَ عُمَرُ عَلاَمَ تَبْكِي أَعَلَىَّ تَبْكِي قَالَ إِي وَاللَّهِ لَعَلَيْكَ أَبْكِي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ . قَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ يُبْكَى عَلَيْهِ يُعَذَّبُ " . قَالَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِمُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ فَقَالَ كَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تَقُولُ إِنَّمَا كَانَ أُولَئِكَ الْيَهُودَ .
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Musa (ra) that he said: When Hazrat Umar (ra) was attacked, Hazrat Suhaib (ra) came from his house, reached Hazrat Umar (ra), stood in front of him (ra) and began to weep. Hazrat Umar (ra) asked: Why are you weeping? Are you weeping over me? He said: Yes, by Allah, O Commander of the Faithful! I am surely weeping over you. He said: By Allah! You know that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “The one who is wept over is punished.” The narrator said: I mentioned this to Musa bin Talhah, and he said: Hazrat Aishah (ra) used to say: By this only the Jews were meant.
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Sahih Muslim 1532
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ لَمَّا طُعِنَ عَوَّلَتْ عَلَيْهِ حَفْصَةُ فَقَالَ يَا حَفْصَةُ أَمَا سَمِعْتِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " الْمُعَوَّلُ عَلَيْهِ يُعَذَّبُ " . وَعَوَّلَ عَلَيْهِ صُهَيْبٌ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا صُهَيْبُ أَمَا عَلِمْتَ " أَنَّ الْمُعَوَّلَ عَلَيْهِ يُعَذَّبُ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (ra) that when Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (ra) was attacked, Hazrat Hafsah (ra) began to weep loudly over him (ra), and he (ra) said: O Hafsah! Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (saw) say: “The one over whom there is loud weeping is punished”? And Suhaib (ra) began to weep loudly over him (ra). Hazrat Umar (ra) said: O Suhaib (ra), do you not know that the one over whom there is loud weeping is punished?
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Sahih Muslim 1533
حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ رُشَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ قَالَ كُنْتُ جَالِسًا إِلَى جَنْبِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَنَحْنُ نَنْتَظِرُ جَنَازَةَ أُمِّ أَبَانٍ بِنْتِ عُثْمَانَ وَعِنْدَهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ فَجَاءَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُودُهُ قَائِدٌ فَأُرَاهُ أَخْبَرَهُ بِمَكَانِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَجَاءَ حَتَّى جَلَسَ إِلَى جَنْبِي فَكُنْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا فَإِذَا صَوْتٌ مِنَ الدَّارِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ - كَأَنَّهُ يَعْرِضُ عَلَى عَمْرٍو أَنْ يَقُومَ فَيَنْهَاهُمْ - سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ لَيُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ أَهْلِهِ " . قَالَ فَأَرْسَلَهَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ مُرْسَلَةً . فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ كُنَّا مَعَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِالْبَيْدَاءِ إِذَا هُوَ بِرَجُلٍ نَازِلٍ فِي شَجَرَةٍ فَقَالَ لِيَ اذْهَبْ فَاعْلَمْ لِي مَنْ ذَاكَ الرَّجُلُ . فَذَهَبْتُ فَإِذَا هُوَ صُهَيْبٌ . فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّكَ أَمَرْتَنِي أَنْ أَعْلَمَ لَكَ مَنْ ذَاكَ وَإِنَّهُ صُهَيْبٌ . قَالَ مُرْهُ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِنَا . فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ مَعَهُ أَهْلَهُ . قَالَ وَإِنْ كَانَ مَعَهُ أَهْلُهُ - وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ أَيُّوبُ مُرْهُ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِنَا - فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا لَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْ أُصِيبَ فَجَاءَ صُهَيْبٌ يَقُولُ وَاأَخَاهْ وَاصَاحِبَاهْ . فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَوْ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ - قَالَ أَيُّوبُ أَوْ قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَوَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ - أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ لَيُعَذَّبُ بِبَعْضِ بُكَاءِ أَهْلِهِ " . قَالَ فَأَمَّا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَأَرْسَلَهَا مُرْسَلَةً وَأَمَّا عُمَرُ فَقَالَ بِبَعْضٍ . فَقُمْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَحَدَّثْتُهَا بِمَا قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ فَقَالَتْ لاَ وَاللَّهِ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَطُّ " إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ يُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ أَحَدٍ " . وَلَكِنَّهُ قَالَ " إِنَّ الْكَافِرَ يَزِيدُهُ اللَّهُ بِبُكَاءِ أَهْلِهِ عَذَابًا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَهُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَى وَلاَ تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَى " . قَالَ أَيُّوبُ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ حَدَّثَنِي الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ لَمَّا بَلَغَ عَائِشَةَ قَوْلُ عُمَرَ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَتْ إِنَّكُمْ لَتُحَدِّثُونِّي عَنْ غَيْرِ كَاذِبَيْنِ وَلاَ مُكَذَّبَيْنِ وَلَكِنَّ السَّمْعَ يُخْطِئُ .
It is narrated from Abdullah bin Abi Mulaikah that he said: I was sitting by the side of Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra), and we were waiting for the funeral of Umm Aban bint Uthman (ra), and Amr bin Uthman (ra) was with him. Meanwhile Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra) came. A guide was bringing him. I think he told him of Hazrat Ibn Umar's (ra) presence. He came and sat by my side, and I was between the two of them. Suddenly a sound (of weeping) came from the house. Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra), as it were, signalled to Amr that he should stand up and forbid them. So he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say: “The deceased is surely punished because of the weeping of his family.” Hazrat Abdullah (ra) had kept this general. At this Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra) said: We were with the Commander of the Faithful, Hazrat Umar bin al-Khattab (ra), until we reached the place Baida', and what did we see but a man who had alighted in the shade of a tree. He said: Go and find out and tell me who that man is. I went and saw that it was Hazrat Suhaib (ra). I returned to him (Hazrat Umar (ra)) and said: You commanded me to find out for you who he is. He is Hazrat Suhaib (ra). He said: Tell him to join us. I said: His family is with him. He said: Even if his family is with him. {And sometimes the narrator Ayyub would say:} Tell him to join us. When we came (to Medina), it was not long before the Commander of the Faithful was attacked. Suhaib (ra) came saying: “Alas, my brother! Alas, my friend!” Hazrat Umar (ra) said: Do you not know, have you not heard? The narrator said: Hazrat Umar (ra) said “awa lam ta'lam au lam tasma'” instead of “alam ta'lam au lam tasma'”, that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “The deceased is punished because of some (kinds of) weeping of his family.” The narrator said: Hazrat Abdullah (ra) had kept it general, but Hazrat Umar (ra) used the word “some”. So I got up and went to Hazrat Aishah (ra) and told her what Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) had said. She (Hazrat Aishah (ra)) said: No! By Allah, the Messenger of Allah (saw) never said that the deceased is punished because of anyone's weeping. Rather, he (saw) said that Allah increases the disbeliever in the punishment of the Fire. And “that it is He Who makes men laugh and makes them weep;” (Qur’an 53:44), and “no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another” (Qur’an 17:16). Qasim bin Muhammad said: When the narration of Hazrat Umar (ra) and Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) reached Hazrat Aishah (ra), she said: You are relating to me the narration of people who are neither given to misstatement nor have they been declared liars, but mistakes do occur in hearing.
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