Chapter: Stern warning against wailing

Hadith Number 934

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Abu Malik al-Ash'ari reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

Among my people there are four characteristics belonging to pre-Islamic period which they do not abandon: boasting of high rank, reviling other peoples' genealogies, seeking rain by stars, and walling. And he (further) said: If the wailing woman does not repent before she dies, she will be made to stand on the Day of Resurrection wearing a garment of pitch and a chemise of mange.

Hadith 935 Part A

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'A'isha reported that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was told that Ibn Haritha, Ja'far b. Abu Talib and Abdullah b. Rawaha were killed, he sat down, showing signs of grief. She (further) said

I was looking (at him) through the crevice of the door. A man came to him and mentioned that Ja'far's women were lamenting. He (the Holy Prophet) commanded him to go and forbid them (to do so). So he went away but came back and told (him) that they did not obey (him). He commanded him a second time to go and forbid them (to do so). He again went but came back to him and said: I swear by God, Messenger of Allah, that they have overpowered us. She ('A'isha) said that she thought the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had told (her) to throw dust in their mouths. Thereupon 'A'isha said: May Allah humble you! You did not do what Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered you, nor did you stop annoying Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).

Hadith 935 Part B

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This hadith has been narrated by Yahya b. Sa'id with the same chain of transmitters like one narrated by 'Abd al-'Aziz (with the change of these words)

" You did not spare the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) the botheration."

Hadith 936 Part A

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Umm 'Atiyya reported

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took a promise from us along with the oath of Allegiance that we would not lament. But only five among us fulfilled the promise (and they are) Umm Sulaim, and Umm al-'Ala', and the daughter of Abu Sabra the wife of Mu'adh, or daughter of Abu Sabra and wife of Mu'adh.

Hadith 936 Part B

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Umm 'Atiyya reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took pledge from us (including this promise) that we would not lament. Only five amongst us fulfilled the promise, and one of them (who fulfilled the promise) was Umm Sulaim.

Hadith 936 Part C

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Hafsa narrated on the authority of Umm 'Atiyya that she said

When this verse was revealed : " When believing women came to thee giving thee a pledge that they will not associate aught with Allah , and will not disobey thee in good" (lx. 12) , she (Umm Atiyya) said : In (this pledge) was also included wailing. I said : Messenger of Allah , except members of such a tribe who helped me (in lamentation) during pre-Islamic days , there is left no alternative for me , but that I should also help them. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said : (Yes) but only in case of the members of such a tribe.