Sahih Muslim Book - 11, Hadith - 2149

حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ رُشَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِى مُلَيْكَةَ قَالَ كُنْتُ جَالِسًا إِلَى جَنْبِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَنَحْنُ نَنْتَظِرُ جَنَازَةَ أُمِّ أَبَانٍ بِنْتِ عُثْمَانَ وَعِنْدَهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ فَجَاءَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُودُهُ قَائِدٌ فَأُرَاهُ أَخْبَرَهُ بِمَكَانِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَجَاءَ حَتَّى جَلَسَ إِلَى جَنْبِى فَكُنْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا فَإِذَا صَوْتٌ مِنَ الدَّارِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ - كَأَنَّهُ يَعْرِضُ عَلَى عَمْرٍو أَنْ يَقُومَ فَيَنْهَاهُمْ - سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يَقُولُ « إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ لَيُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ أَهْلِهِ ». قَالَ فَأَرْسَلَهَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ مُرْسَلَةً. فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ كُنَّا مَعَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِالْبَيْدَاءِ إِذَا هُوَ بِرَجُلٍ نَازِلٍ فِى شَجَرَةٍ فَقَالَ لِىَ اذْهَبْ فَاعْلَمْ لِى مَنْ ذَاكَ الرَّجُلُ. فَذَهَبْتُ فَإِذَا هُوَ صُهَيْبٌ. فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّكَ أَمَرْتَنِى أَنْ أَعْلَمَ لَكَ مَنْ ذَاكَ وَإِنَّهُ صُهَيْبٌ. قَالَ مُرْهُ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِنَا. فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ مَعَهُ أَهْلَهُ. قَالَ وَإِنْ كَانَ مَعَهُ أَهْلُهُ - وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ أَيُّوبُ مُرْهُ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِنَا - فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا لَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْ أُصِيبَ فَجَاءَ صُهَيْبٌ يَقُولُ وَاأَخَاهْ وَاصَاحِبَاهْ. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَوْ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ - قَالَ أَيُّوبُ أَوْ قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَوَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ - أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَالَ « إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ لَيُعَذَّبُ بِبَعْضِ بُكَاءِ أَهْلِهِ ». قَالَ فَأَمَّا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَأَرْسَلَهَا مُرْسَلَةً وَأَمَّا عُمَرُ فَقَالَ بِبَعْضٍ. فَقُمْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَحَدَّثْتُهَا بِمَا قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ فَقَالَتْ لاَ وَاللَّهِ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَطُّ « إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ يُعَذَّبُ بِبُكَاءِ أَحَدٍ ». وَلَكِنَّهُ قَالَ « إِنَّ الْكَافِرَ يَزِيدُهُ اللَّهُ بِبُكَاءِ أَهْلِهِ عَذَابًا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَهُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَى وَلاَ تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَى ». قَالَ أَيُّوبُ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِى مُلَيْكَةَ حَدَّثَنِى الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ لَمَّا بَلَغَ عَائِشَةَ قَوْلُ عُمَرَ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَتْ إِنَّكُمْ لَتُحَدِّثُونِّى عَنْ غَيْرِ كَاذِبَيْنِ وَلاَ مُكَذَّبَيْنِ وَلَكِنَّ السَّمْعَ يُخْطِئُ.

It was narrated from Ayyub that 'Abdullah bin Abi Mulaikah said: "I was sitting beside Ibn 'Umar, and we were waiting for the funeral of Umm Aban bint 'Uthman. 'Amr bin 'Uthman was also present. Ibn 'Abbas came, led by a guide, who told him where Ibn 'Umar was. He came and sat beside me, so I was between them, and we heard a voice from inside the house. Ibn 'Umar said - as if hinting to 'Amr to get up and tell them not to do that - 'I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) say: "The deceased is tormented because of the crying of his family."' He said: And 'Abdullah understood it as general in meaning."' Ibn 'Abbas said: "We were with the Commander of the Believers 'Umar bin Al-Khattab until we came to Al-Baida', where we found a man sitting in the shade of a tree. He said to me: 'Go and find out for me who that man is.' I went and found that it was Suhaib. I came back to him and said: 'You told me to find out for you who that man is; it is Suhaib.' He said: 'Tell him to join us.' I said: 'He has his family with him.' He said: 'Even if he has his family with him" - and perhaps Ayyub said: Tell him to join us. - When we came to Al-Madinah, it was not long before the Commander of the Believers was attacked. Suhaib came, saying: 'O my brother, O my friend!' 'Umar said: 'Do you not know,' or 'have you not heard' - Ayyub said: 'You do not know,' or 'you have not heard' - 'that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: The deceased is tormented because of some of his family's crying."' He said: 'Abdullah understood it as general in meaning, but 'Umar said: "some of it." I got up and entered upon 'Aishah, and I told her what Ibn 'Umar had said. She said: "No, by Allah, the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) did not say: 'The deceased is tormented because of the crying of anyone.' Rather he said: 'Allah increases the torment of the disbeliever because of his family's crying. And indeed Allah makes (whom He wills) laugh, and makes (whom He wills) weep. "And no bearer of burdens shall bear another's burden.....'" Ayyub said: "Ibn Abi Mulaikah said: 'Al-Qasim bin Muhammad told me: "When 'Aishah heard what 'Umar and Ibn 'Umar had said, she said: 'You are narrating to me from two who are not liars and are not to be suspected of being liars, but one may mishear."'