سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الجنائزChapters: Regarding Funerals
بَابٌ في النَّهْيِ عَنِ النِّيَاحَةِChapter: What was narrated concerning the prohibition of wailing
Hadith 1583
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ ، أَنْبَأَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ ، عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، قَالَ : " نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ تُتْبَعَ جِنَازَةٌ مَعَهَا رَانَّةٌ " .
´It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said:` “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade following a funeral that was accompanied by a wailing woman.”
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
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Our researcher has declared the mentioned narration weak in terms of its chain of transmission.
However, the researchers of al-Mawsu‘ah al-Hadithiyyah and Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah have graded it as hasan.
The researchers of al-Mawsu‘ah al-Hadithiyyah write regarding this narration that, based on the collection of its various chains and supporting narrations, it reaches the level of hasan.
For details, see: (al-Mawsu‘ah al-Hadithiyyah, Musnad al-Imam Ahmad: 479/9, 480; and Ahkam al-Jana’iz, p. 70)
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Accompanying the funeral procession is an important right of a Muslim over another Muslim.
However, in the case of committing a sin, this right is nullified.
Similarly, accepting an invitation is also a right of a Muslim over another Muslim.
But if sinful acts are taking place at the event—
for example, lack of proper covering (immodesty), photography, video recording, or following Hindu customs—then it is correct not to attend such an event.
Especially when by not attending, there is hope that the one committing the sin will be admonished.
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Our researcher has declared the mentioned narration weak in terms of its chain of transmission.
However, the researchers of al-Mawsu‘ah al-Hadithiyyah and Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah have graded it as hasan.
The researchers of al-Mawsu‘ah al-Hadithiyyah write regarding this narration that, based on the collection of its various chains and supporting narrations, it reaches the level of hasan.
For details, see: (al-Mawsu‘ah al-Hadithiyyah, Musnad al-Imam Ahmad: 479/9, 480; and Ahkam al-Jana’iz, p. 70)
➋
Accompanying the funeral procession is an important right of a Muslim over another Muslim.
However, in the case of committing a sin, this right is nullified.
Similarly, accepting an invitation is also a right of a Muslim over another Muslim.
But if sinful acts are taking place at the event—
for example, lack of proper covering (immodesty), photography, video recording, or following Hindu customs—then it is correct not to attend such an event.
Especially when by not attending, there is hope that the one committing the sin will be admonished.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1583
