Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1845

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَزِيدَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ، قُتِلَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ - قَالَ - فَجَعَلْتُ أَكْشِفُ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ، وَأَبْكِي، وَالنَّاسُ، يَنْهَوْنِي وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لاَ يَنْهَانِي وَجَعَلَتْ عَمَّتِي تَبْكِيهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ لاَ تَبْكِيهِ مَا زَالَتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ تُظِلُّهُ بِأَجْنِحَتِهَا حَتَّى رَفَعْتُمُوهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

‘Amr ibn Yazid narrated to us: Bahz ibn Asad narrated to us: Shu‘bah narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from Jabir, that his father was killed on the day of Uhud. Jabir said: I began uncovering his face and weeping. The people were telling me not to, but the Messenger of Allah did not forbid me. My paternal aunt began weeping for him, and the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Do not weep for him; the angels continued shading him with their wings until you lifted him up.’