on him." She said: "The Qur'an is sufficient for you: {No bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another} (40)." Ibn 'Abbas said regarding that: "It is Allah who makes one laugh and makes one weep." Ibn 'Abbas mentioned this to Ibn 'Umar when he narrated his hadith, and he said nothing. It was recorded by Muslim (41). Another group interpreted it as referring to someone for whom wailing was his custom (42), and he did not forbid his family from it, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted: {Protect yourselves and your families from a Fire} (43), and the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "Each of you is a shepherd, and each of you is responsible for his flock" (44). Others interpreted it as referring to someone who made a will for that during his lifetime, like the saying of Tarafa (45):
If I die, then mourn me for what I truly am, And tear your garment for me, O daughter of Ma'bad (46)
And another said:
(40) Surah al-An'am 164, and Surah Fatir 18. (41) In: Chapter on the deceased being punished by the weeping of his family over him, from the Book of Funerals. Sahih Muslim 2/641, 642. It was also recorded by al-Bukhari, in: Chapter on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): The deceased is punished by some of the weeping of his family over him, from the Book of Funerals. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/101. And al-Nasa'i, in: Chapter on wailing over the deceased, from the Book of Funerals. Al-Mujtaba 4/15, 16. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 1/41, 42. (42) In A and M: "bi-sababihi" (because of him). (43) Surah al-Tahrim 6. (44) Recorded by al-Bukhari, in: Chapter on Jumu'ah in villages and cities, from the Book of Jumu'ah; and in: Chapter on the slave being a shepherd over his master's property and not acting except with his permission, from the Book of Loans; and in: Chapter on the dislike of acting superior over slaves..., and Chapter on the slave being a shepherd over his master's property, from the Book of Manumission; and in: Chapter on the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: {After any bequest he [may have] made or debt}, from the Book of Wills; and in: Chapter on {Protect yourselves and your families from a Fire}, and Chapter on the woman being a shepherd in her husband's house, from the Book of Marriage; and in: Chapter on the saying of Allah the Exalted: {Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you}, from the Book of Judgments. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/6, 100, 3/157, 196, 197, 4/6, 7/34, 41, 9/77. And Muslim, in: Chapter on the virtue of the just leader..., from the Book of Leadership. Sahih Muslim 3/1459. And Abu Dawud, in: Chapter on what is required of the leader regarding the rights of the subjects, from the Book of Leadership. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/117. And al-Tirmidhi, in: Chapter on what was narrated regarding the just leader, from the Chapters of Jihad. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 7/198. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 2/5, 54, 55, 108, 111, 121. (45) Diwanuhu, Sharh al-A'lam 46. (46) In the Diwan: "fa-in mittu" (if I die).
