صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب فضائل الصحابةThe Book of the Merits of the Companions
باب مِنْ فَضَائِلِ أُمِّ أَيْمَنَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا:Chapter: The Virtues Of Umm Ayman (RA)
حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ الْكِلَابِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِعُمَرَ : " انْطَلِقْ بِنَا إِلَى أُمِّ أَيْمَنَ ، نَزُورُهَا كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَزُورُهَا ، فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَيْهَا بَكَتْ ، فَقَالَا لَهَا : مَا يُبْكِيكِ ؟ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لِرَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَتْ : مَا أَبْكِي أَنْ لَا أَكُونَ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لِرَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَلَكِنْ أَبْكِي أَنَّ الْوَحْيَ قَدِ انْقَطَعَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ ، فَهَيَّجَتْهُمَا عَلَى الْبُكَاءِ فَجَعَلَا يَبْكِيَانِ مَعَهَا " .
Anas reported that after the death of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) Abu Bakr (RA) said to 'Umar (RA) : Let us visit Umm Aiman as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to visit her. As we came to her, she wept. They ( Abu Bakr (RA) and Umar) said to her: What makes you weep? What is in store (in the next world) for Allah's-Messenger (ﷺ) is better than (this worldly life). She said: I weep not because I am ignorant of the fact that what is in store for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (in the next world) is better than (this world), but I weep because the revelation which came from the Heaven has ceased to come. This moved both of them to tears and they began to weep along with her.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: From this hadith, it is understood that visiting one’s elders, benefactors, and the relatives and friends of one’s benefactors is a commendable act. Despite their elevated ranks and statuses with Allah, it is permissible to weep over their separation, and it is also allowed to take along a friend or loved one on such visits.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 6318
