Sunan al-Nasa’i 16610
“I heard Anas say: ‘The Messenger of Allah said: True patience is that which comes at the first blow.”‘
“I heard Anas say: ‘The Messenger of Allah said: True patience is that which comes at the first blow.”‘
a man came to the Prophet accompanied by a son of his. He said to him: “Do you love him?” He said: “May Allah love you as I love him.” Then he (the son) died and he noticed his absence and asked about him. He said: “Will it not make you happy to know that […]
‘Amr bin Shu’aib wrote to ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Husain to offer condolences for a son of his who had died. In his letter he mentioned that he had heard his father narrate, that his grandfather, ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin Al-As said: “The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Allah does not approve for His believing […]
“Whoever seeks reward for (the loss of) three of his own children, he will enter Paradise.” A woman stood up and said: “Or two?” He said: “Or two.” The woman said: “I wish that I had said, ‘or one.”‘
“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘There is no Muslim, three of whose children die before reaching puberty, but Allah will admit him to Paradise by virtue of His mercy towards them.”‘
“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘He is not one of us who shaves his head, raises his voice in lamentation or rends his garments.”‘
“When Abu Musa was close to death, his wife screamed and he said: ‘Do you not know what the Messenger of Allah said?” She said: ‘Yes, Then she fell silent and it was said to her after that: ‘What did the Messenger of Allah say?’ She said: ‘The Messenger of Allah cursed the one who […]
“Usamah bin Zaid told me: ‘The daughter of the Prophet sent word to him telling him: A son of mine is dying, come to us. He sent word to her, conveying his greeting of salam and saying: “To Allah belongs that which He takes and that which He gives, and everything has an appointed time […]
“He is not one of us who strikes his cheeks, rends his garment, and calls the calls of the Jahiliyyah.”
Abu Musa said he fell unconscious and an Umm Walad of his wept. When he woke up, he asked her: “Have you not heard what the Messenger of Allah said?” She said: “He said: ‘He is not one of us who raises his voice in lamentation, shaves his head, or rends his garments.””