أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْکَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ قُتِلَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ قَالَ فَجَعَلْتُ أَکْشِفُ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ وَأَبْکِي وَالنَّاسُ يَنْهَوْنِي وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يَنْهَانِي وَجَعَلَتْ عَمَّتِي تَبْکِيهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا تَبْکِيهِ مَا زَالَتْ الْمَلَائِکَةُ تُظِلُّهُ بِأَجْنِحَتِهَا حَتَّی رَفَعْتُمُوهُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1850
It was narrated from Jabir that his father was killed on the day of Uhud. He said: “I started to uncover his face, weeping. The people told me not to do that but the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم did not forbid me. My paternal aunt started to weep, and the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘Do not weep, for angels kept on shading him with their wings until you lifted him up.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020