When Imam Hussain (a.s.) was born Jibraeel came to him with a piece of mud and said to him this is a mud from Karbala.
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Brother
Burhan,
The Hadith you are referring to is regarding a jew. The Prohet (s.a.w.) was
referring to some ladies of a dead jew who were crying after he had passed
away.
Regarding
wailing and crying a s`shirk` :
1) When Imam Hussain (a.s.) was born Jibraeel came to him
with a piece of mud and said to him this is a mud from
2) The lady Fathima (a.s.) asked the Prophet as to who would cry for my son
Hussain after he is killed. The Prophet replied by saying that some of my
Ummatis will cry for him till the day of judgement.
2)
3) Prophet Jacob
cried for his son Yusuf so much that he lost his eyesight.
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Answer:
Crying matam wailing
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Your Statement: When
Imam Hussain (a.s.) was born Jibraeel came to him with a piece of mud and said
to him this is a mud from
Beloved brother,
there is absolutely nothing in the Glorious Quran or the authentic and
established Sunnah which even remotely indicates or implies that such an
incident took place in the noble household of Hadrat Ali ibn Abi Taalib (r.a.)
and Hadrat Fatimah binte Mohamed (r.a.) at the birth of their son, Hadrat Hussain
(r.a.)!
Your Statement: The
lady Fathima (a.s.) asked the Prophet as to who would cry for my son Hussain
after he is killed. The Prophet replied by saying that some of my Ummatis will
cry for him till the day of judgement.
Beloved brother in
Islam, it is only Allah Subhanah Who Possesses the Knowledge of the future;
thus unless Hadrat Fatimah (r.a.) had knowledge of the future or the ‘unseen’,
there was absolutely no way for her to know that Hadrat Hussain (r.a.) would be
mercilessly murdered in the fields of
Beloved brother, again we have found absolutely nothing in
the authentic and established Sunnah which even remotely indicates or implies
such a conversation between the Noble Prophet (saws) and his beloved daughter
Hadrat Fatimah (r.a.) as quoted by you.
One should be extremely careful and quote and ascribe
nothing save the Truth to the Messenger of Allah (saws), for the Messenger of
Allah (saws) warned that ascribing a falsehood to him (saws) is not like
ascribing a falsehood to someone else!
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 2.378 Narrated by Al Mughira
I heard the Prophet (saws) saying,
"Ascribing false things to me is not like ascribing false things to anyone
else. Whosoever tells a lie against me intentionally then surely let him occupy
his seat in Hell-Fire."
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 232 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Abbas
Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘Be mindful
when transmitting a narration from me. (Transmit) only that which you know
(very well) for he who intentionally lies about me will find his abode in
Hell-Fire.’
Your
Statement: Prophet Jacob cried for his son Yusuf so much that he lost his
eyesight.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chatper 12 Surah
Yusuf verses 83-86:
83 Yaqoob said (to his sons): "Nay but ye
have yourselves contrived a story
(good enough) for you. So
patience is most fitting (for me). Maybe
Allah will bring them (his two sons Yusuf and Benyameen back) all to me: for He
is indeed full of Knowledge and Wisdom."
84 And he (Yaqoob (a.s.)) turned away from them and said: "How
great is my grief for Yusuf!" And his eyes became white with sorrow
and he fell into silent melancholy.
85 They (the sons) said: "By Allah! (Never) wilt thou cease to
remember Yusuf, until thou reach the last extremity of illness or until thou
die!"
86 He (Yaqoob (a.s.)) said: "I only complain of my distraction and
anguish to Allah, and I know from Allah that which ye know not..”
It is indeed recorded by none other than Allah Subhanah
Himself in His Glorious Quran that the eyes of Prophet Yaqoob (a.s.) became
white, and he (a.s.) almost lost his eyesight due to his constant sorrow and
weeping for his lost son, Prophet Yusuf (a.s.).
Narrated Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (saws)
said: "Allah does not punish a person for shedding tears or feeling pain
in his heart. But He does punish, though He may show mercy, because of (what he
utters with) this," and then he (saws) pointed to his tongue.
Narrated by Muslim.
The Prophet (saws) wept on the death of his
son, Ibrahim, and said: "The eyes shed tears and the heart feels pain, but
we utter only what pleases our Lord. O Ibrahim! We are aggrieved at your
demise." He (saws) also wept when his grand daughter, Umaymah, daughter of
Hadrat Zainab (r.a.), died. At this Hadrat Sa'ad ibn 'Ubadah (r.a.) said:
"O Messenger of Allah! Are you weeping? Did you not forbid Zainab from
weeping?" The Prophet (saws) replied: "This (weeping) is the mercy
that Allah has placed in the hearts of His servants. And surely Allah bestows
mercy upon those who are merciful among His servants."
Narrated by Bukhari.
Beloved brother, there is absolutely no harm or
restriction against the natural act of weeping or crying in Islam; what the
Messenger of Allah (saws) time and time again prohibited the believers was
waling, and beating oneself, and tearing one’s clothes, etc. when afflicted
with a misfortune…..such wailing and ‘matam’ and the singing of ‘nohas’ etc.
are absolutely prohibited and forbidden for the believers who sincerely believe
in Allah and the Last Day.
Sahih Muslim Hadith 2033 Narrated by Abu Malik al-Ash'ari
Allah's Messenger (saws) said: “Among my people there are four
characteristics belonging to pre-Islamic period of ignorance which they do not
abandon: 1. boasting of high rank,
2. reviling other peoples'
genealogies, 3. seeking rain by stars,
and 4. wailing. And he
(further) said: If the wailing woman does not repent before she dies, she
will be made to stand on the Day of Resurrection wearing a garment of pitch and
a chemise of mange.
The Messenger of Allah (saws) said in an
authentic narration “He is not a believer, who beats his face, or tears his clothes, or wails,
when afflicted by a misfortune.”
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 2829 Narrated by Hadrat Ali ibn AbuTalib
(r.a.)
Hadrat Ali (r.a.) heard Allah's Messenger
(saws) curse those who took usury, those who paid it, those who recorded it,
and those who refused to give sadaqah. And
he (saws) used to prohibit wailing.
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 3122 Narrated
by AbuSa'id al-Khudri
The Messenger of Allah (saws) cursed the
wailing woman and the woman who listens to her.
Umm 'Atiyyah reports: "The
Messenger of Allah (saws) made us pledge that we will not wail over (the
dead)" (Bukhari and
Muslim).
If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and commands
of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one
can be assured of never ever being misled;
but if one believes, obeys and follows any other guidance, other than
that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be assured of being led
astray.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister