Lesson 3 of 6 · It is not weak faith
Grief in the text, without a rebuke attached
The Prophet, peace be upon him, at the death of his own son. He wept, and he named the grief out loud, and he said in the same breath that they would say only what pleases their Lord. Both at once, in one report.
Qur’an and Sunnah
He wept, he named the grief out loud, and in the same breath he said they would say only what pleases their Lord. Both are in the one report.
Narrated Anas bin Malik:We went with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to the blacksmith Abu Saif, and he was the husband of the wet-nurse of Ibrahim (the son of the Prophet). Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) took Ibrahim and kissed him and smelled him and later we entered Abu Saif's house and at that time Ibrahim was in his last breaths, and the eyes of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) started shedding tears. `Abdur Rahman bin `Auf said, "O Allah's Apostle, even you are weeping!" He said, "O Ibn `Auf, this is mercy." Then he wept more and said, "The eyes are shedding tears and the heart is grieved, and we will not say except what pleases our Lord, O Ibrahim ! Indeed we are grieved by your separation
Sahih al-Bukhari 1303graded sound, sahihaynthe Arabic and its grading