حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ ابْنِ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أَسْمَائَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ قَالَتْ لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ ابْنُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بَکَی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمُعَزِّي إِمَّا أَبُو بَکْرٍ وَإِمَّا عُمَرُ أَنْتَ أَحَقُّ مَنْ عَظَّمَ اللَّهُ حَقَّهُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَدْمَعُ الْعَيْنُ وَيَحْزَنُ الْقَلْبُ وَلَا نَقُولُ مَا يُسْخِطُ الرَّبَّ لَوْلَا أَنَّهُ وَعْدٌ صَادِقٌ وَمَوْعُودٌ جَامِعٌ وَأَنَّ الْآخِرَ تَابِعٌ لِلْأَوَّلِ لَوَجَدْنَا عَلَيْکَ يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَفْضَلَ مِمَّا وَجَدْنَا وَإِنَّا بِکَ لَمَحْزُونُونَ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 1589
It was narrated that Asma' bint Yazid said: "When Ibrahim the son of the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H led, the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H Wept. The one who was consoling him, either Abu Bakr or 'Umar, said to him: 'You are indeed the best of those who glorify Allah with what is due to him.' The Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H said: 'The eye weeps and the heart grieves, but we do not say anything that angers the Lord.Were it not that death is something that inevitably comes to all, and that the latter will surely join the former, then we would have been more sad for you, 0 Ibrahim than we are, verily we grieve for you.''' (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020