Prophetic Grief

When Negus died, we were told that a light would be seen perpetually at his grave.

"You will become keen for positions of authority, but that will become a regret and loss. What a good life they will live, but how hard it will be for them when they die."

“A Jewish woman had died, and the Prophet (ﷺ) heard the weeping for her. He said: ‘Her family is weeping for her, and she is being punished in her grave.’”

‘A miscarried fetus sent before me is dearer to me than a horseman whom I leave behind.”

“We used to think that gathering with the family of the deceased and preparing food was a form of wailing.”

“If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much.”

“We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) at a funeral, and he sat at the edge of the grave weeping, until the ground became wet. Then he said: ‘O my brothers, prepare yourselves for something like thi...

‘Weep, and if you cannot weep then pretend to weep.”