Riyad as-Salihin, 360

Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

After the death of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) said to 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) : "Let us visit Umm Aiman (May Allah be pleased with her) as Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to visit her". As we came to her, she wept. They (Abu Bakr and 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said to her, "What makes you weep? Do you not know that what Allah has in store for His Messenger (ﷺ) is better than (this worldly life)?" She said, "I weep not because I am ignorant of the fact that what is in store for Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (in the Hereafter) is better than this world, but I weep because the Revelation has ceased to come". This moved both of them to tears and they began to weep along with her. [Muslim].

وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ قال أبو بكر لعمر رضي الله عنهما بعد وفاة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏ انطلق بنا إلى أم أيمن رضي الله عنها نزورها كما كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يزورهان فلما انتهيا إليها، بكت، فقالا لها، ما يبكيك أما تعلمين أن ما عند الله خير لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم‏؟‏ فقالت‏:‏ إني لا أبكي إني لا أعلم أن ما عند الله تعالى خير لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، ولكن أبكي أن الوحي قد انقطع من السماء، فهيجتهما على البكاء، فجعلا يبكيان معها‏.‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه مسلم‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

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In-Book Reference: Introduction, Hadith 360

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Guidance from the Hadith: 1) The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) followed the example of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) in all matters, even in his visiting and asking after those who had rights upon him. 2) The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) revered the revelation (the Qur’an and the Sunnah) and wept for its cessation. So, why are those who wasted and deserted it not weeping?! 3) Weeping out of sadness for losing the righteous and the cessation of goodness is not included in the prohibited wailing. 4) Muslims are urged to visit good people, being one of the rights entailed by faith-based brotherliness. Words in the Hadith: Um Ayman: The freed slave-woman of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) and the one who took care of him in his early childhood. He (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) emancipated her when he grew up.

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