Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Jabir that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took the hand of Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Auf and went towards the date palm trees. The Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) son Ibrahim was brought, and at that time he was near death. He was placed in the lap of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O son! I do not have control over anything for you from Allah, and tears came to the eyes of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Hazrat Abdur Rahman said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Are you weeping? Did you not forbid weeping? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I have forbidden wailing, from two wicked and foolish sounds: the sound of amusement and play at the time of blessing, and the sound of the devil’s flute, and the sound at the time of calamity: scratching the faces, tearing the collars, and screaming loudly like the devil. Indeed, these are tears of mercy, and whoever does not show mercy will not be shown mercy. O Ibrahim, if this matter were not true, if the promise were not true, and if the path and direction were not unknown, and if those who come later were not soon to meet those who came before, then our grief for you would have been greater than this. And indeed, we are grieved because of you, the eyes weep and the heart is sad and sorrowful, and we will not say anything that would displease our Lord.