Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1591
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مَرَّ بِنِسَاءِ عَبْدِ الأَشْهَلِ يَبْكِينَ هَلْكَاهُنَّ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " لَكِنَّ حَمْزَةَ لاَ بَوَاكِيَ لَهُ " . فَجَاءَ نِسَاءُ الأَنْصَارِ يَبْكِينَ حَمْزَةَ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ " وَيْحَهُنَّ مَا انْقَلَبْنَ بَعْدُ؟ مُرُوهُنَّ فَلْيَنْقَلِبْنَ وَلاَ يَبْكِينَ عَلَى هَالِكٍ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Harun ibn Said al-Misri narrated to us: Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us: Usamah ibn Zayd informed us, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by women of Banu Abd al-Ashhal who were weeping for their dead on the day of Uhud. The Messenger of Allah said: ‘But Hamzah has no one to weep for him.’
Then women of the Ansar came and wept for Hamzah. The Messenger of Allah awoke and said: ‘Woe to them! Have they still not gone back? Tell them to go back, and let them not weep for anyone who dies after today.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The initial words ‘لكن حمزة لا بواكي له’ contrast the women’s mourning for their own dead with the absence of mourners for Hamzah. ‘ما انقلبن بعد؟’ is retained as a question about whether they had yet returned.