Noha (Lamenting)
At this point, a few Ahadith which are related to ‘Noha’ etc. are being presented, so that the Muslims may take
heed to these and inform the womenfolk about what has been mentioned, as this
evil (practice) is common amongst most of the women in India, which is the way
of the Hindus’.
Hadith 1: Bukhari and
Muslim report from Abdullah ibn Mas’ud رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that
Rasoolullah صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم
said, ‘those who slap their faces, tear their collars and call out
the words of the days of ignorance (i.e. make Noha), they are not from amongst
us’.
Hadith 2: It is in
Sahihain from Abu Hurairah رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ and
the words of Muslim are that Rasoolullah
صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘those who remove the hair and perform Noha, and tear their
clothing, I have nothing to do with them’.
Hadith 3: It is in Sahih
Muslim Shareef from Abu Malik Ash’ari رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that
Rasoolullah صلی
اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘In my Ummah there are 4 practices of Jaahiliyat. The people
will not leave them:
1. being boastful in regards ones lineage.
2. Mocking someone’s genealogy.
3. to desire water from the stars (i.e. it will rain due to
a certain constellation).
4. Practicing Noha’.
Rasoolullah
صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم (further said), ‘If the female who practices Noha does not
repent before she dies, then on the day of Qiyaamat she will stand up in a
manner, where she will be wearing one kurta (long shirt like garment) made from
tar and one of ‘Khaarish’ [scabies]’.
Hadith 4: It is in
Sahihain from Abdullah ibn Umar رضی اللہ
تعالٰی عنہما that Rasoolullah
صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم
said, ‘Allah Almighty does not punish anyone based on the tears of
the eyes and the sadness of the heart’, and then pointing towards the tongue he صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم
said, ‘but because it (the tongue) Allah causes punishment or
Mercy, and the weeping of the people of the house brings torment upon the
deceased’. In
other words, this is if the deceased said that people should weep over him or
if the ritual of weeping and lamenting is a common practice there, and it is
not forbidden واللہ تعالیٰ اعلم
, or it could mean that their crying
causes him discomfort, because in another Hadith it has been mentioned, ‘O servants of Allah! Do not cause
discomfort to your deceased; when you cry, they too cry’.
Hadith 5: Bukhari and
Muslim report from Mughira bin Shu’ba رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that
Rasoolullah صلی
اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘the one over whom Noha was done, then on the day of
Qiyaamat because of this Noha, he will be punished (in other words in those
conditions)’.
Hadith 6: It is in Sahih
Muslim that Umm-e-Salma رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہا said, ‘When
Abu Salma رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ passed away, I said that he passed
away whilst journeying and in a foreign land, and (thus) I will weep over him
in a manner which will become publicised (everywhere). I had already planned to
weep in this manner and a woman also came with this intention, so that she may
assist me in this. Rasoolullah صلی اللہ
تعالی علیہ وسلم
said to that woman, from that house in
which Allah removed shaitaan twice, you intend to allow shaitaan in again. She
says, I immediately desisted from (this kind of) weeping and I did not weep’.
Hadith 7: Tirmizi reports
from Abu Musa رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that
Rasoolullah صلی
اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘When a person dies and then a weeping person weeps praising
the deceased’s
qualities, Allah Ta’aala
appoints two Angels to that deceased, who pull at him and say, Were you like
that (as they are saying)?’.
Hadith 8: Ibn Majah
reports from Abu Umaama رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that
Rasoolullah صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم
said, ‘that Allah عزوجل says, O Ibn Adam! If you are patient during the first loss, and
you are desirable of reward, then I am not pleased with anything else for you,
but Jannat’.
Hadith 9: Imam Baihaqi
reports from Hazrat Imam Hassan bin Ali رضی اﷲ
تعالیٰ عنہ that Rasoolullah
صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘When any Muslim male or female is faced with any calamity,
he (or she) should remember it and then say, اِنَّا
لِلّٰہِ وَاِنَّا اِلَیْہِ رَاجِعُوْنَ even if the
duration period of the difficulty is lengthy, as Almighty Allah blesses one
with new Thawaab for this, and Allah blesses him with such a Thawaab which is
according to the difficulty that he faced on that day’.
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