Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَزْرَقِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ جَالِسًا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ بِالسُّوقِ فَمُرَّ بِجِنَازَةٍ يُبْكَى عَلَيْهَا فَعَابَ ذَلِكَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَانْتَهَرَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْأَزْرَقِ لَا تَقُلْ ذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فَأَشْهَدُ عَلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ لَسَمِعْتُهُ وَتُوُفِّيَتْ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ كَنَائِنِ مَرْوَانَ فَشَهِدَهَا مَرْوَانُ فَأَمَرَ بِالنِّسَاءِ اللَّاتِي يَبْكِينَ فَضُرِبْنَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ دَعْهُنَّ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ فَإِنَّهُ مُرَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِجِنَازَةٍ يُبْكَى عَلَيْهَا وَأَنَا مَعَهُ وَمَعَهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ فَانْتَهَرَ عُمَرُ اللَّاتِي يَبْكِينَ مَعَ الْجِنَازَةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَعْهُنَّ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فَإِنَّ النَّفْسَ مُصَابَةٌ وَإِنَّ الْعَيْنَ دَامِعَةٌ وَإِنَّ الْعَهْدَ لَحَدِيثٌ قَالَ أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ.
English Translation
'Affan narrated to us, he said: Wuhayb narrated to us, he said: Hisham ibn 'Urwah narrated to us, from Wahb ibn Kaysan, from Muhammad ibn 'Amr ibn 'Ata', from Salamah ibn al-Azraq that he was sitting with 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar one day in the market when a funeral passed by with women weeping over it. Ibn 'Umar criticized that and rebuked them. Salamah ibn al-Azraq said to him: "Do not say that, O Abu 'Abd al-Rahman. I bear witness about Abu Hurayrah that I heard him when a woman from Marwan's daughters-in-law died and Marwan attended her funeral. He ordered the women who were weeping to be beaten. Abu Hurayrah said to him: 'Leave them, O Abu 'Abd al-Malik. A funeral passed by the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) with women weeping over it, and I was with him, and 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah have mercy on him, was with him. 'Umar rebuked the women who were weeping with the funeral. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said to him: Leave them, O Ibn al-Khattab, for the soul is grieved, the eye sheds tears, and the bereavement is recent.'" He said: "Did you hear that?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Allah and His Messenger know best."