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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1004

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1004
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْمُهَلَّبِيُّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ الْمَيِّتُ يُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ أَهْلِهِ عَلَيْهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ لَمْ يَكْذِبْ وَلَكِنَّهُ وَهِمَ إِنَّمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِرَجُلٍ مَاتَ يَهُودِيًّا ‏ "‏ إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ لَيُعَذَّبُ وَإِنَّ أَهْلَهُ لَيَبْكُونَ عَلَيْهِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَقَرَظَةَ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَأُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ عَائِشَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ‏.‏ وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ إِلَى هَذَا وَتَأَوَّلُوا هَذِهِ الآيَةَ ‏(ألَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَى ‏)‏ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الشَّافِعِيِّ ‏.‏

Translation

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Qutaybah narrated to us: 'Abbad ibn 'Abbad al-Muhallabi narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn 'Amr, from Yahya ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, from Ibn Umar, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: "The deceased is punished because of his family's weeping over him." Aishah said: "May Allah have mercy on him. He did not lie, but he was mistaken. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said this only about a Jewish man who had died: 'The deceased is indeed punished, while his family weeps over him.'" It is also related on this topic from Ibn Abbas, Qarazah ibn Ka'b, Abu Hurairah, Ibn Mas'ud, and Usamah ibn Zayd. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Aishah is hasan sahih, and it has been narrated through more than one chain from Aishah. The scholars adopted this view and interpreted this verse: 'No bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another.' This is the view of al-Shafi'i.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • ‏ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ لَمْ يَكْذِبْ وَلَكِنَّهُ وَهِمَ إِنَّمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِرَجُلٍ مَاتَ يَهُودِيًّا ‏ "‏ إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ لَيُعَذَّبُ وَإِنَّ أَهْلَهُ لَيَبْكُونَ عَلَيْهِ ‏" ‏ ‏.

    Aishah's correction distinguishes the wording about punishment from a statement that the family's weeping causes it; preserving that contrast is central.

    Does 'while his family weeps' clearly retain the Arabic coordination without suggesting that their weeping is the cause?