Muhammad ibn Isma'il narrated to us; Abu Ma'mar narrated to us; Abd al-Warith narrated to us; Ayyub narrated to us from Hafsah bint Sirin, from Umm Atiyyah, who said: “We pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he recited to us: ‘That they should not associate anything with Allah.’ He forbade us from wailing. One woman then withdrew her hand and said, ‘So-and-so once wailed with me, and I wish to repay her.’ The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said nothing to her. She went away, then returned, and he accepted her pledge.” (1)
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Shurayhi informed us; Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Tha'labi informed us; al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Daynawari informed us; Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq narrated to us; Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili narrated to us; Hudbah ibn Khalid narrated to us; Aban ibn Yazid narrated to us; Yahya ibn Abi Kathir narrated to us that Zayd told him that Abu Salam told him that Abu Malik al-Ash'ari told him that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “There are four practices in my ummah from the affairs of the pre-Islamic era which they will not abandon: boasting of noble lineage, disparaging people’s ancestry, seeking rain through the stars, and wailing.” He also said: “If a woman who wails does not repent before her death, she will rise on the Day of Resurrection wearing a garment of tar and a coat of scabs.” (2)
Abd al-Wahid al-Mulayhi informed us; Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Nu'aymi informed us; Muhammad ibn Yusuf informed us; Muhammad ibn Isma'il narrated to us; Amr ibn Hafs narrated to us; my father narrated to us; al-A'mash informed us from Abd Allah ibn Murrah, from Masruq, from Abd Allah, who said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “He is not of us who strikes the cheeks, tears the openings of his garment, and raises the cries of the pre-Islamic era.” (3)
His saying, “Then accept their pledge,” means: when they have pledged allegiance to you, then accept their pledge. “And ask Allah to forgive them. Indeed, Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
Abd al-Wahid al-Mulayhi informed us; Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Nu'aymi informed us; Muhammad ibn Yusuf informed us; Muhammad ibn Isma'il narrated to us; Mahmud narrated to me; Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us; Ma'mar informed us from al-Zuhri, from Urwah, from Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to accept women’s pledges verbally upon the terms of this verse: “That they should not associate anything with Allah.” She said: The hand of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, never touched the hand of any woman, except a female slave whom he owned. (4)
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Shurayhi informed us; Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi informed us; Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn