Hadith 126

voices of the women. Rasool-Allah-saww forbade them with intense forbidding, and he-saww said: ‘The eyes shed tears, and the heart grieves, and we-saww do not say what Annoys the Lord-azwj, and I-saww am afflicted with you-as, and I-saww am grief-stricken upon you-as! ’
Then he-saww evened his-as grave and placed his-saww hand by his-as head and pressed it until it reached the wrist, and he-saww said: ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj! I-saww have sealed you-as from the Satan-la entering to you-as’ – the Hadeeth’’. [206]
And from him-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww cried at the death of one of his-saww sons-as. It was said to him-saww, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! You-saww are crying and you-saww have forbidden us from the crying! ’
He-saww said: ‘I-saww did not forbid you from the crying, but rather I-saww had forbidden you from the lamenting and the wailing, and rather it (crying) is a kindness and mercy Allah-azwj has Made it in the heart of one He-azwj so Desires from His-azwj creatures, and Allah-azwj Mercies the one He-azwj so Desires, and rather He-azwj Mercies the merciful ones from His-azwj servants’’. [207]
And from him-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww allowed regarding the crying during the calamity, and he-saww said: ‘The soul is afflicted, and the eye is tearful, and the pact (death) is near, therefore be saying what Pleases Allah-azwj and do not be saying the obscene’’. [208]
And from Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws having bequeathed when death presented. He-asws said: ‘Neither slap upon a cheek, nor tear upon a pocket (shir). No woman will tear her pocket except there will be a crack opening for her in Hell. Every time she increases, it will increase’’. [209]
And from Ali-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww took the allegiance upon the women that they will neither lament, nor scratch, nor be sitting with the men in private’’. [210]
And from him-asws having said: ‘Three are from the deeds of the pre-Islamic period. The people will not be case to be in these until establishment of the Hour – seeking (praying) for the rain through the stars (astrology), and the taunting regarding the lineages, and the female wailers upon the dead’’. [211]
And from Ali-asws having written to Rifa’at Bin Shaddad, his-asws judge (appointed) upon Al-Ahwaz: ‘And beware of the lamenting upon the deceased in a city the authority happens to be for you’’. [212]
And from him-asws, from Rasool-Allah-saww having said: ‘Two voices are accursed. Allah-azwj Hates them both – wailing at the calamity, and voices during bounties – meaning the lamentation and the singing’’. [213]
And from Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws having said: ‘There was lamentation upon Al-Husayn‑asws Bin Ali-asws for a year, during every day and night, and three years from the day which he-asws was killed in, and Al-Miswar Bin Mukharma and a group of companions of Rasool-Allah-saww were coming veil, in disguise. They would listen and cry’’. [214]
And from Ali-asws having said: ‘When obituary of Ja’far-as came, Rasool-Allah-saww said to his‑saww family: ‘Make food and carry it to the family of Ja’far-as for as long as they are in that pre-occupation of theirs, and eat with them, for there has come to them what they will be pre-occupied from making for themselves’’. [215]