Tawus said: I said to Ibn Abbas, “They claim that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said ...” He then cited the hadith in its entirety.

Note: Al-Hafiz al-Suyuti fell short in tracing the sources of this hadith, for in his Supplement to al-Jamiʿ he confined himself to attributing it only to Ahmad and Ibn Hibban.

As for the phrase, “apply perfume,” which Ibn Abbas did not know, it has been authentically reported from more than one of the Companions, including Abu Said al-Khudri. It was recorded by al-Bukhari and Muslim and is cited in Sahih Abi Dawud, no. 372.

They also include Abd Allah ibn Amr; it was recorded by Ibn Khuzaymah and others, and is cited in Sahih Abi Dawud, no. 375. *

3511—“Indeed, Allah, exalted is He, increases the disbeliever in punishment through the weeping of his family.”

Al-Bukhari (1287 and 1288), Muslim (3/42–43), Ibn Hibban (5/54/3126), and Ahmad (1/41–42) all recorded it through Abd Allah ibn Abi Mulaykah, who said:

I was with Abd Allah ibn Umar as we awaited the funeral of Umm Aban, daughter of Uthman ibn Affan, and Amr ibn Uthman was with him. Ibn Abbas came, led by a guide. I believe the guide informed him of Ibn Umar’s whereabouts, so he came and sat beside me, while I was between them. Then a sound came from the house, and Ibn Umar said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say:

“Indeed, the deceased is punished because of his family’s weeping over him.”

Abd Allah stated this without qualification.

Ibn Abbas said:

We were with the Commander of the Believers, Umar, until, when we reached al-Bayda’, we came upon a man who had stopped in the shade of