1670 – Umm ʿAtiyyah Nusaybah—her name may be read with either a ḍammah or a fatḥah on the nūn—may Allah be pleased with her, said: “When we pledged allegiance, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ bound us not to wail.” Agreed upon.

1671 – al-Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr, may Allah be pleased with them both, reported: ʿAbdullāh ibn Rawāḥah, may Allah be pleased with him, lost consciousness, and his sister began to weep, crying out, “Wā jabalāh! Wā such-and-such, and such-and-such,” listing his qualities. When he came to, he said, “Every single thing you said, it was said to me, ‘Are you really like that?’” Bukhārī.

1672 – Ibn ʿUmar, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: Saʿd ibn ʿUbādah, may Allah be pleased with him, fell ill (1), so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went to visit him along with ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf, Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ, and ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd, may Allah be pleased with them all. When he entered, he found Saʿd in a swoon (2) and asked, “Has he passed away?” They replied, “No, O Messenger of Allah.” The Prophet ﷺ then wept, and when the people saw the weeping of the Prophet they wept as well. He said, “Do you not hear? Allah does not punish for the tear of the eye nor for the sorrow of the heart, but He punishes for this”—and he pointed to his tongue—“or He shows mercy.” Agreed upon.

1673 – Abū Mālik al-Ashʿarī, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If a wailing woman does not repent before her death, she will be made to stand on the Day of Resurrection wearing a cloak (3) of molten pitch and an armor of scabs.” Muslim.

1674 – Usayd ibn Abī Usayd, one of the Successors, relates from a woman who had pledged allegiance, who said: “Among the matters the Messenger of Allah ﷺ imposed upon us, within the recognized pledge he exacted, was that we should not—”