Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1749

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنِ الْبُخَارِيِّ تَعْلِيقًا قَالَ: لَمَّا مَاتَ الْحَسَنُ بن الْحسن بن عَليّ ضَرَبَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ الْقُبَّةَ عَلَى قَبْرِهِ سَنَةً ثُمَّ رَفَعَتْ فَسَمِعَتْ صَائِحًا يَقُولُ: أَلَا هَلْ وَجَدُوا مَا فَقَدُوا؟ فَأَجَابَهُ آخَرُ: بَلْ يَئِسُوا فَانْقَلَبُوا

Translation

Al-Bukhari said, in a report cited without a complete chain: When al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali died, his wife erected a tent over his grave for a year. Then she took it down and heard someone calling, ‘Have they found what they lost?’ Another answered, ‘Rather, they have despaired and turned away.’