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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الجنائزChapters: Regarding Funerals
بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِي الْبُكَاءِ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِChapter: What was narrated concerning weeping for the deceased
Hadith 1592
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْهَجَرِيِّ ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى ، قَالَ : " نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْمَرَاثِي " .
´It was narrated that Ibn Abi Awfa said:` “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade eulogies.”
Brief Explanation
1؎: In the era of ignorance (Jahiliyyah), it was customary that when someone died, his relatives and close ones would recite elegies (marsiya), that is, poetic compositions in which his virtues were mentioned and expressions of grief and sorrow were made. In Islam, this was prohibited, but the ignorant did not refrain from it; even now, elegies are recited, narrated, and listened to «إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون».
