Hadith 31

Sunan an-Nasa'i

Book 21: The Book of Funerals Sahih

Chapter 14

Prohibition of weeping for the dead

باب النَّهْىِ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ، عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ ‏

Sahih
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1848
أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ الْمَيِّتُ يُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ أَهْلِهِ عَلَيْهِ ‏"
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar, from 'Umar, that the Prophet said:

"The deceased is punished due to the weeping of his family for him."