Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1581
حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ مُعَانِقٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الأَشْعَرِيِّ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " النِّيَاحَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَإِنَّ النَّائِحَةَ إِذَا مَاتَتْ وَلَمْ تَتُبْ قَطَعَ اللَّهُ لَهَا ثِيَابًا مِنْ قَطِرَانٍ وَدِرْعًا مِنْ لَهَبِ النَّارِ " .
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Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Azim al-Anbari and Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us; they said: Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us; Ma‘mar informed us, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Ibn Mu‘aniq, from Abu Malik al-Ash‘ari, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Wailing is one of the practices of the Days of Ignorance. If a woman who wails dies without repenting, Allah will make for her a garment of pitch and a shirt of flames from the Fire.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source identifies wailing as a practice of the pre-Islamic period and gives a conditional warning for a woman who dies without repentance.