سنن نسائی · Hadith 1863

‘Abdul-Jabbar bin Al-Ward narrated: “I heard Ibn Abi Mulaikah say: When Umm Aban died, I attended with the people. I sat in front of ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar and Ibn ‘Abbas, and the women wept. Ibn Umar said: ‘Why don’t you tell them not to weep? For I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم say: The deceased is punished due to some of his family’s weeping for him.” Ibn ‘Abbas said: “Umar used to narrate something like that. I went out with ‘Umar and when We got to on uninhabited area, he saw a caravan beneath a tree. He Said: ‘See whose caravan this is.’ I Went and I found Suhaib and his family. i came back to him and said: ‘Commander of the Believers! This is Suhaib and his family.’ He said: ‘Bring Suhaib to me.’ When we entered Al Madinah, ‘Umar was attacked and Suhaib sat by him, weeping and saying, ‘my brother, my brother.’ ‘Umar said: ‘Suhaib, do not weep, for I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم say: The deceased is punished due to some of the weeping of his family for him. He said: I mentioned that to ‘Aishah and she said: ‘By Allah you are not narrating this Hadith from two liars who have disbelieved, but sometimes you mishear. And in the Qur’an you have that which gives you the answer: And no bearer of burdens shall bear another’s burdenJ And the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘Allah increases the punishment of the disbeliever because of his family’s weeping for him.” (Sahih)

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