Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَلْحَلَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءِ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ جَالِسًا مَعَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ بِالسُّوقِ وَمَعَهُ سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْأَزْرَقِ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَمُرَّ بِجِنَازَةٍ يَتْبَعُهَا بُكَاءٌ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ لَوْ تَرَكَ أَهْلُ هَذَا الْمَيِّتِ الْبُكَاءَ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَمَيِّتِهِمْ فَقَالَ سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْأَزْرَقِ تَقُولُ ذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ نَعَمْ أَقُولُهُ قَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ وَمَاتَ مَيِّتٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَرْوَانَ فَاجْتَمَعَ النِّسَاءُ يَبْكِينَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ قُمْ يَا عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ فَانْهَهُنَّ أَنْ يَبْكِينَ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ دَعْهُنَّ فَإِنَّهُ مَاتَ مَيِّتٌ مِنْ آلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاجْتَمَعَ النِّسَاءُ يَبْكِينَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَامَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ يَنْهَاهُنَّ وَيَطْرُدُهُنَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَعْهُنَّ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فَإِنَّ الْعَيْنَ دَامِعَةٌ وَالْفُؤَادَ مُصَابٌ وَإِنَّ الْعَهْدَ حَدِيثٌ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ يَأْثُرُهُ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ.
English Translation
Sulayman ibn Dawud told us: Isma'il informed us: Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Halhalah informed me, from Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Ataa ibn Alqamah: that he was sitting with Ibn Umar in the market, with Salamah ibn al-Azraq beside him, and a funeral passed by, followed by weeping. Abdullah ibn Umar said: If the family of this deceased person had left off weeping, it would have been better for their deceased. Salamah ibn al-Azraq said: Do you say that, O Abu Abd al-Rahman? He said: Yes, I say it. He said: I heard Abu Hurayrah - when a deceased person from the family of Marwan died, and the women gathered weeping over him, Marwan said: Get up, O Abd al-Malik, and forbid them from weeping. Abu Hurayrah said: Leave them, for a deceased one from the family of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, died, and the women gathered weeping over him, and Umar ibn al-Khattab got up to forbid them and drive them away. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Leave them, O Ibn al-Khattab, for the eye weeps, and the heart is stricken, and the bereavement is recent. Ibn Umar said: Did you hear this from Abu Hurayrah yourself? He said: Yes. He said: Does he relate it from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him? He said: Yes. He said: Then Allah and His Messenger know best.