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ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِأَنَّ هَذَا الْخَطَّابَ وَقَعَ عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ دُونَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

ibnhibban:3137ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar Lammā Māt Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj > Lahum Lā Tabkūā Faʾin Bukāʾ al-Ḥay ʿAdhāb Lilmayyit > ʿAmrah Fasaʾalt ʿĀʾishah > Yarḥamuh Allāh Innamā

[Machine] "Do not cry for them, as weeping of the living is a punishment for the dead." Umrah said, "So I asked Aisha, and she said, 'May Allah have mercy on him, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said this to a Jewess and her family who were weeping for her: 'Indeed, they are weeping, and indeed, she will be punished in her grave.'"  

ابن حبّان:٣١٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ لَمَّا مَاتَ رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

لَهُمْ لَا تَبْكُوا فَإِنَّ بُكَاءَ الْحَيِّ عَذَابٌ لِلْمَيِّتِ قَالَتْ عَمْرَةُ فَسَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَتْ يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ إِنَّمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِيَهُودِيَّةٍ وَأَهْلُهَا يَبْكُونَ عَلَيْهَا «» إِنَّهُمْ لَيَبْكُونَ وَإِنَّهَا لَتُعَذَّبُ فِي قَبْرِهَا «»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Mālik, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
bukhari:1289ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr from his father > ʿAmrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿĀʾishah

(the wife of the Prophet) Once Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by (the grave of) a Jewess whose relatives were weeping over her. He said, "They are weeping over her and she is being tortured in her grave."  

البخاري:١٢٨٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهَا أَخْبَرَتْهُ

أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ إِنَّمَا مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى يَهُودِيَّةٍ يَبْكِي عَلَيْهَا أَهْلُهَا فَقَالَ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَبْكُونَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِنَّهَا لَتُعَذَّبُ فِي قَبْرِهَا  

malik:16-38

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr from his father that Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman told him that she had heard A'isha, the umm al-muminin, say (when it was mentioned to her that Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, "The dead are tormented by the weeping of the living"), "May Allah forgive Abu Abd ar-Rahman. Of course he has not lied, but he has forgotten, or made a mistake. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a jewish woman whose family were crying over her and he said, 'You are crying over her, and she is being tormented in her grave. ' "  

مالك:١٦-٣٨وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهَا أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ عَائِشَةَ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ تَقُولُ وَذُكِرَ لَهَا أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ لَيُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ الْحَىِّ

فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكْذِبْ وَلَكِنَّهُ نَسِيَ أَوْ أَخْطَأَ إِنَّمَا مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِيَهُودِيَّةٍ يَبْكِي عَلَيْهَا أَهْلُهَا فَقَالَ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَبْكُونَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِنَّهَا لَتُعَذَّبُ فِي قَبْرِهَا  

ahmad:24758Isḥāq > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr from his father > ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah And Dhukir Lahā > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > In al-Mayyit Layuʿadhhab Bibukāʾ al-Ḥay > ʿĀʾishah Yaghfir Allāh Liʾabī ʿAbd al-Raḥman Amā

, when she was told that Ibn 'Umar said that the deceased is punished due to the weeping of the living for him, 'Aishah said: "May Allah forgive Abu 'Abdur-Rahman; he is not lying, but he has forgotten or made a mistake. The Messenger of Allah passed by a (deceased) Jewish woman for whom people were weeping and he said: 'They are weeping for her and she is being punished."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1856)  

أحمد:٢٤٧٥٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ أَنَّهَا أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ عَائِشَةَ وَذُكِرَ لَهَا أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ لَيُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ الْحَيِّ فَقَالَتْ

عَائِشَةُ يَغْفِرُ اللهُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكْذِبْ وَلَكِنَّهُ نَسِيَ أَوْ أَخْطَأَ إِنَّمَا مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى يَهُودِيَّةٍ يُبْكَى عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَبْكُونَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِنَّهَا لَتُعَذَّبُ فِي قَبْرِهَا  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ بِتَعْذِيبِ اللَّهِ مَوْتَى الْكَفَرَةِ بِمَا نِيحَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا

ibnhibban:3123ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr from his father > ʿAmrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿĀʾishah And Dhukir Lahā > ʿAbdullāh > In al-Mayyit Layuʿadhhab Bibukāʾ al-Ḥay

, when she was told that Ibn 'Umar said that the deceased is punished due to the weeping of the living for him, 'Aishah said: "May Allah forgive Abu 'Abdur-Rahman; he is not lying, but he has forgotten or made a mistake. The Messenger of Allah passed by a (deceased) Jewish woman for whom people were weeping and he said: 'They are weeping for her and she is being punished."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1856)   

ابن حبّان:٣١٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ عَائِشَةَ وَذُكِرَ لَهَا

أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ لَيُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ الْحَيِّ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكْذِبْ وَلَكِنَّهُ نَسِيَ أَوْ أَخْطَأَ إِنَّمَا مَرَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى يَهُودِيَّةٍ يُبْكَى عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ «» إِنَّهُمْ يَبْكُونَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِنَّهَا لَتُعَذَّبُ فِي قَبْرِهَا «»  

bayhaqi:7173Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh > Abū Ḥāmid b. Bilāl al-Bazzāz > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Zaʿfarānī > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar Lammā Māt Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

[Machine] "Do not cry for them, for the crying of the living is a punishment for the dead." And he said about Umrah, "So I asked Aisha about that, and she said, 'May Allah have mercy on him, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ only said that to a Jewish woman and her people as they were crying over her, and indeed, she was being punished in her grave."  

البيهقي:٧١٧٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو حَامِدِ بْنُ بِلَالٍ الْبَزَّازُ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ لَمَّا مَاتَ رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

لَهُمْ لَا تَبْكُوا عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ بُكَاءَ الْحِيِّ عَذَابٌ لِلْمَيِّتِ وَقَالَ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ فَسَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَتْ يَرْحَمُهُ اللهُ إِنَّمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِيَهُودِيَّةٍ وَأَهْلُهَا يَبْكُونَ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَبْكُونَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِنَّهَا لَتُعَذَّبُ فِي قَبْرِهَا