Hadith #308
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ أَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ابْنَةً لَهُ تَقْضِي فَاحْتَضَنَهَا فَوَضَعَهَا بَيْنَ ثَدْيَيْهِ فَمَاتَتْ وَ
هِيَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَصَاحَتْ أُمُّ أَيْمَنَ فَقِيلَ أَتَبْكِي عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَتْ أَلَسْتُ أَرَاكَ تَبْكِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ لَسْتُ أَبْكِي إِنَّمَا هِيَ رَحْمَةٌ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ بِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ إِنَّ نَفْسَهُ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ جَنْبَيْهِ وَهُوَ يَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
Isnad Chain
أبو أحمد
سفيان
عطاء بن السائب
عكرمة
ابن عباس
English Translation
Abu Ahmad narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us, from 'Ata' ibn al-Sa'ib, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) who said: the Prophet ﷺ took hold of his daughter who was dying, embraced her to his chest, and she died in his arms. Umm Ayman wept, and the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Do not weep.' She said: 'I see you weeping.' He said: 'I am not weeping — it is mercy. The believer is in goodness upon all conditions: when his soul is being taken from his body, he praises Allah عز وجل.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 9, Hadith 308
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 2346
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-38736