THE MERITS OF ‘ABDULLAH B. ‘AMR B. HARAM, THE FATHER OF JABIR (ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH HIM)(SAHIH HADITH MUSLIM)
Monday, April 28th, 2008Chapter# 26, Book 31, Number 6041:
Jabir b. ‘Abdullah reported: The dead body of my father was brought and he was covered (with cloth) and it had been mutilated. I made an attempt to lift the cloth, but my people prohibited me to do so. I again made an attempt to lift the cloth, but my people prohibited me. Thereupon Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) lifted it or he commanded it to be lifted. He heard the noise (of a loud) weeping, or the noise of a woman mourner. He inquired who she was. They said: The daughter of ‘Amr or the sister of Amr, whereupon he said: Why does she weep? The Angels provide him shade with the help of their Wings until he would be lifted (to his heavenly abode)
Book 31, Number 6042:
Jabir b. ‘Abdullah reported: My father fell as a martyr on the Day of Uhud and I attempted to uncover his face and weep, but they (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) forbade me to do this, whereas Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) did not forbid me and Fatima bint Amr, the sister of my father, was also weeping There- upon Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: You may weep or you may not weep; the Angels provide him shade with the help of their wings until you lift him (to be buried in the grave).
Book 31, Number 6043:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir through another chain of transmitters, but with this difference that there is no mention of the Angels and the weeping of a female mourner.
Book 31, Number 6044:
Jabir reported: My father was brought in a state that his ears had been cut off and (his dead body) was placed before Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him), the rest of the hadith is the same.