Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1583
What was narrated concerning the prohibition of wailing
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، أَنْبَأَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ:نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَنْ تُتْبَعَ جِنَازَةٌ مَعَهَا رَانَّةٌ .
Translation
It wasnarrated that Ibn ‘Umar said
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)forbade following a funeral that was accompanied by a wailing woman.”