Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1842

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا، يَقُولُ جِيءَ بِأَبِي يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَقَدْ مُثِّلَ بِهِ فَوُضِعَ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَدْ سُجِّيَ بِثَوْبٍ فَجَعَلْتُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَكْشِفَ عَنْهُ فَنَهَانِي قَوْمِي فَأَمَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَرُفِعَ فَلَمَّا رُفِعَ سَمِعَ صَوْتَ بَاكِيَةٍ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَنْ هَذِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالُوا هَذِهِ بِنْتُ عَمْرٍو أَوْ أُخْتُ عَمْرٍو ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏ "‏ فَلاَ تَبْكِي - أَوْ فَلِمَ تَبْكِي - مَا زَالَتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ تُظِلُّهُ بِأَجْنِحَتِهَا حَتَّى رُفِعَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Mansur informed me: Sufyan narrated to us: I heard Ibn al-Munkadir say: I heard Jabir say: My father was brought on the day of Uhud after his body had been mutilated. He was placed before the Messenger of Allah, covered with a cloth. I wanted to uncover him, but my people forbade me. The Prophet ordered that he be lifted. When he was lifted, he heard a woman crying and asked: ‘Who is this?’ They said: ‘This is ‘Amr’s daughter—or ‘Amr’s sister.’ He said: ‘Do not weep—or, why should she weep?—the angels continued to shade him with their wings until he was lifted.’