Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1579

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، مَوْلَى الصَّهْبَاءِ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏‏{وَلاَ يَعْصِينَكَ فِي مَعْرُوفٍ}‏ قَالَ: ‏"‏ النَّوْحُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Waki‘ narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Abdullah, the mawla of al-Sahba’, from Shahr ibn Hawshab, from Umm Salamah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), concerning the words, ‘and that they will not disobey you in what is right’: He said, ‘This refers to wailing.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The source quotes a phrase meaning ‘and that they will not disobey you in what is right’ and identifies it with wailing.