Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3195
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ، - يَعْنِي الطَّائِيَّ - عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ جَبْرٍ، أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى مَيِّتٍ فَبَكَى النِّسَاءُ فَقَالَ جَبْرٌ أَتَبْكِينَ مَا دَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم جَالِسًا قَالَ " دَعْهُنَّ يَبْكِينَ مَا دَامَ بَيْنَهُنَّ فَإِذَا وَجَبَ فَلاَ تَبْكِيَنَّ بَاكِيَةٌ " .
Ahmad ibn Yahya reported to us; he said: Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us; he said: Dawud—meaning al-Ta'i—narrated to us, from Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr, from Jabr, that he entered with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to visit a dead person. The women began to weep, and Jabr said: ‘Are you weeping while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is sitting here?’ He said: ‘Let them weep while he is among them; when death has come to pass, let no woman weep.’
Translation notes
The final instruction uses وَجَبَ, rendered here as death having come to pass. The speech permits weeping while the Prophet is present, then prohibits it after death.
أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى مَيِّتٍ فَبَكَى النِّسَاءُ فَقَالَ جَبْرٌ أَتَبْكِينَ مَا دَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم جَالِسًا قَالَ " دَعْهُنَّ يَبْكِينَ مَا دَامَ بَيْنَهُنَّ فَإِذَا وَجَبَ فَلاَ تَبْكِيَنَّ بَاكِيَةٌ " .
The idiomatic expression فَإِذَا وَجَبَ refers to the point at which death occurs or becomes certain.
Is “when death has come to pass” the intended sense here?