among scholars generally that the Sunnah should be followed, although the Quran also indicates the same ruling. Yet the Quran’s meaning may elude even eminent scholars, whereas the Sunnah is explicit and clear to anyone whom it reaches.

When ‘Ā’ishah challenged his statement, “The deceased is punished because the living weep over him,” she countered it with Allah’s words:

“No bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another.” [Fātir 18]

She did not challenge it on rational grounds or by arguing that this was unjust. She was supported in