The real requirement is that on suitable circumstances, mourning
should be performed as practiced by the Prophets, as we read in Tafseer
Kabeer, volume 1 page 285
“All the Prophets, Adam (as), Nuh (as) and Daud (as) mourned and cried over their hardships, and their acts weren’t invalid”
Similarly, we read in Sunan Ibn Majah, volume 2 page 285:
عن سعد بن أبي وقاص قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم : ( ببكوا فإن لم تبكوا فتباكوا )
Sa’ad bin Abi Waqas has reported from Holy Prophet (s) that he said: “Cry and if u can’t cry then make a crying face.”
Therefore criticizing our mourning and lamenting means criticism of the Sunnah of the apostles.
Crying particularly for the tragedies befallen the Ahlulbayt (as) is Sunnah of Holy Prophet (s)
We read in Sunan Ib Maja, Volume 1 page 517:
Narrated by Alqamah from Abdullah bin Masood:
One day we were sitting with Holy Prophet (s) while some children from the house of Bani Hashim came there. When the Holy Prophet (s) saw them, tears welled up in his eyes and he became pale.
One day we were sitting with Holy Prophet (s) while some children from the house of Bani Hashim came there. When the Holy Prophet (s) saw them, tears welled up in his eyes and he became pale.
Ibn Masood said that he told the Holy Prophet (s) “Your face
reflects anxiety”. The Holy Prophet (s) stated: “Exalted God has granted
us, the Ahlulbait, Hereafter instead of worldly pleasure.
After me, soon my Ahlubait will face calamity, hardship and
misery till people having black flags will rise from East and seek
justice, which will be denied them. They will wage war, they will be
supported and will be given what they were demanding. They will not
accept until it is handed over to one from our Ahlulbait (i.e. Mahdi)
.He will fill the earth with justice as it was filled with unjustice.
Whoever amongst you is alive at that period,should try to reach them
even if he has to tread on ice in that pursuit.”
Safiya (r), Sayyida Fatima (as) and Rasulullah (s) cried over the slain body of Hamza (as)
In Madarij al-Nubuwath, volume 2, page 152 Shaykh Muhammad Abdul Haq Mohaddith Dehalvi writes:
” Safiya came and stood by the head of Hamza’s (r.a) body and
she along with Fatima (s.a) kept crying for him and due their mourning,
Holy Prophet (s) also started crying.”
Holy Prophet (s) wept over the martyrdom of Jaffar ibn Abi Talib (as)
The beloved scholar of wahabis Ibn Katheer writes in his authority
work al Bidayah wa al Nihaya, Volume 4, page 673, published by Nafees
Academy Karachi:
Ibn Ishaq narrates that on the day when Jafar ibn Abi Talib
was martyred in Ghazwa Moutah; Holy Prophet (s) called upon Abdullah bin
Jafar and made him sit on his lap and started kissing his forehead and
eyes, while tears were flowing from his own Holy eyes.
The Sahaba inquired: “O Prophet of Allah! Is it so that some grieving news has come about Jafar that has made your tears flow?”
The Holy Prophet (s) replied: “Yes, Today Jafar has been
martyred there, but the troubles and the plight that he went through
before being martyred is very grieving.”
al Bidayah wa al Nihaya, Volume 4, page 673
al Bidayah wa al Nihaya, Volume 4, page 673
Nawasib such as the people of Sipah-e-Sahaba [kr-hcy.com] often
advance a notion namely the martyrdom of the people who have laid their
lives in the way of Allah(swt) should be celebrated and not mourned due
to the fact that they are victorious and mourning their deaths is a sign
of showing doubts in their victorious end. The people who uphold such
pathetic beliefs and mock Shias should see the above cited episode
carefully and tell us wasn’t Prophet(s) sure about the best place that
Jaffar (as) had attained after his martyrdom ? Holy Prophet(s) not only
wept for the martyrdom of Jaffar Ibn Abi Talib (as) but also gave best
relpy for any such pathetic comment i.e Prophet(s) was distressed over
the tragedies befallen on Jaffar (as) before his martyrdom. The Shias
likewise mourn for the cut-throat calamities that sturck Imam Hussain
(as) and his companions before attaining the status of martyrs.
Sahaba along with Holy Prophet(s) wept over the martyrdom of Hamza (ra)
Shiekh Abdul Haq Dehalvi writes that companions including Abu Bakar
wept over the miserable death of Hamza (ra) along with Holy Prophet(s):
“It is narrated that when the tragedy stricken people were
standing in the way to welcome the Holy Prophet (s) back, Fatima, the
daughter of Hamza(ra) was standing by the roadside and watching the army
of Prophet (s) coming in numbers, Fatima was trying to find her father
amongst them but she didn’t see him. Then she went to Abu Bakr and
inquired: “Where is my father, I don’t see him in the army.” Abu Bakr’s
eyes filled with tears and with a heavy heart he replied: “The Prophet
of Allah must be coming soon.” When Holy Prophet (s) arrived, and she
didn’t see her father even with the Prophet (s), she held the rope of
Prophet’s carriage [horse/camel] and said: “O Prophet of Allah! Where is
my father?” Prophet (s) replied: “I am your father.” She said: “O
Prophet of Allah! I smell blood from this speech.” And tears started to
flow from her eyes, with this tears leaked out of the eyes of the other
companions too. She then said: “O Prophet of Allah! Narrate the
condition of my father’s martyrdom.” Holy Prophet (s) replied: “My
daughter! If I narrate the state of his martyrdom, you will not be able
to control yourself.” Hearing this Fatima (Hamza’s (ra) daughter)
screamed out.”
Madarij un Nabuwat, Volume 2, page 230 published in Karachi
Madarij un Nabuwat, Volume 2, page 230 published in Karachi
If weeping over the dead is Haram than what do Nawasib think about
companions and Holy Prophet (s) who were so aggrived and wept over
Hamza’s martyrdom ?
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