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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الجنائز
Book of Funerals
باب: الرخصة في البكاء بلا ندب ولا نياحة
Chapter: The concession to weep without lamenting or wailing
Bayhaqi 7151 — The concession to weep without lamenting or wailing
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ، أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ جَابِرٍ، ثنا شَيْبَانُ، ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ إِلَى النَّخْلِ فَإِذَا ابْنُهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَجُودُ بِنَفْسِهِ فَوَضَعَهُ فِي حِجْرِهِ فَفَاضَتْ عَيْنَاهُ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ: أَتَبْكِي وَأَنْتَ تَنْهَى النَّاسَ؟ قَالَ: " إِنِّي لَمْ أَنْهَ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ إِنَّمَا نَهَيْتُ عَنِ النَّوْحِ صَوْتَيْنِ أَحْمَقَيْنِ فَاجِرَيْنِ صَوْتٌ عِنْدَ نَغَمَةِ لَهْوٍ وَلَعِبٍ وَمَزَامِيرِ شَيْطَانٍ، وَصَوْتٌ عِنْدَ مُصِيبَةٍ خَمْشُ وُجُوهٍ وَشَقُّ جُيُوبٍ وَرَنَّةٌ وَهَذَا هُوَ رَحْمَةٌ وَمَنْ لَا يَرْحَمُ لَا يُرْحَمُ، يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ لَوْلَا أَنَّهُ أَمْرٌ حَقٌّ، وَوَعْدٌ صِدْقٌ وَأَنَّ آخِرَنَا سَيَلْحَقُ بِأَوَّلِنَا لَحَزِنَّا عَلَيْكَ حُزْنًا هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْ هَذَا، وَإِنَّا بِكَ لَمَحْزُونُونَ تَبْكِي الْعَيْنُ وَيَحْزَنُ الْقَلْبُ وَلَا نَقُولُ مَا يُسْخِطُ الرَّبَّ ".
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went out with Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) to the date-palms, while his (peace and blessings be upon him) son Ibrahim was surrendering his soul to Allah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) placed him in his lap, and his (peace and blessings be upon him) eyes began to flow. Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) said: You (peace and blessings be upon him) forbid people, yet you yourself are weeping! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I did not forbid weeping; rather, I forbid wailing and making sounds like fools, the sounds that wicked people make: with songs, with idle amusement and play, and with the tunes of Satan; and, at the time of calamity, the sound that comes with scratching the face and tearing the collar. This weeping is mercy, and whoever does not show mercy is not shown mercy. O Ibrahim! Were it not that this is the truth and a true promise, and that everyone who comes later will join those who went before, we would grieve far more than the grief we feel at being parted from you. The eyes are weeping and the heart is grieved, and we will not say anything that angers our Lord."
