Sunnan
an-Nasai
سنن النسائي
21
The Book of Funerals
كتاب الجنائز
Chapter 13: Weeping for the Deceased
باب فِي الْبُكَاءِ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ
Sunnan an-Nasai 1845
It was narrated from Jabir that his father was killed on the day of Uhud. He saide
"I started to uncover his face, weeping. The people told me not to do that but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not forbid me. My paternal aunt started to weep, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Do not weep, for angels kept on shading him with their wings until you lifted him up."'أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَزِيدَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ، قُتِلَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ - قَالَ - فَجَعَلْتُ أَكْشِفُ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ، وَأَبْكِي، وَالنَّاسُ، يَنْهَوْنِي وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لاَ يَنْهَانِي وَجَعَلَتْ عَمَّتِي تَبْكِيهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ تَبْكِيهِ مَا زَالَتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ تُظِلُّهُ بِأَجْنِحَتِهَا حَتَّى رَفَعْتُمُوهُ " .
Grade: Sahih Darussalam
