سنن نسائی · Hadith 1852

It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “When news of the death of Zaid bin Harithah, Ja’far bin Abi Talib and ‘Abdullah bin Rawahah was announced, the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم sat down and it could be seen that he was grieving. I was looking through a crack in the door, and a man came and said: ‘Ja’far’s womenfolk are weeping.’ The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘Go and prevent them.’ He went away, then he came back, and said: ‘I told them not to do that, but they refused to stop.’ He said: ‘Go and prevent them.’ He went away, then he came back, and said: ‘I told them not to do that, but they refused to stop. He said: ‘Throw dust in their mouths.” ‘Aishah said: “I said: ‘May Allah rub his nose in the dust, the one who is over there! You did not leave the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم alone but you were not going to do (what he told you to do).” (Sahih)

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020