Taken from the book “Rights of Parents and Children” by Shaykh Jāwēd Iqbāl Sīālkōṭī
✿ Wailing and Lamenting Over the Deceased Will Result in Severe Punishment on the Day of Judgment
❀ Ḥadīth 1:
عن أبي مالك الأشعري قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ:
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النائحةُ إذا لم تتبْ قبلَ موتِها، تُقامُ يومَ القيامةِ، وعليها سِربالٌ من قَطِرانٍ، ودرعٌ من جَرَبٍ.
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Abū Mālik al-Ashʿarī رضي الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“The woman who wails (over the dead), if she does not repent before her death, will be raised on the Day of Judgment wearing a garment of molten copper and a coat of scabs.”
📚 Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim – Kitāb al-Janā’iz – Bāb al-Tashdīd fī al-Niyāḥah: 2160
❀ Ḥadīth 2:
عن عبد الله بن عمر قال: قال النبي ﷺ:
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إنَّ اللهَ لا يُعذِّبُ بدمْعِ العيْنِ، ولا بحُزنِ القلبِ، ولكنْ يُعذِّبُ بهذا – وأشار إلى لسانِه
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ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar رضي الله عنهما narrated:
The Prophet ﷺ said: “Indeed, Allah does not punish for the tears of the eye or the sorrow of the heart, but He punishes because of this” — and he pointed to his tongue.”
📚 Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī – Kitāb al-Janā’iz – Bāb al-Bukāʾ ʿinda al-Marīḍ: 1304
📚 Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim – Kitāb al-Janā’iz – Bāb al-Bukāʾ ʿala al-Mayt: 2176
✦ Benefit (فائدہ):
✔ If a person cries loudly, wails, and shouts in grief, this brings punishment,
❖ But if the heart is sorrowful and tears flow from the eyes without loud wailing, then there is no harm in it.
