Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِأُمَيْمَةَ ابْنَةِ زَيْنَبَ وَنَفْسُهَا تَقَعْقَعُ كَأَنَّهَا فِي شَنٍّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِلَّهِ مَا أَخَذَ وَلِلَّهِ مَا أَعْطَى وَكُلٌّ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى فَدَمَعَتْ عَيْنَاهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتَبْكِي أَوَلَمْ تَنْهَ عَنْ الْبُكَاءِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ رَحْمَةٌ جَعَلَهَا اللَّهُ فِي قُلُوبِ عِبَادِهِ وَإِنَّمَا يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الرُّحَمَاءَ.
English Translation
Abu Mu'awiyah told us, Asim told us, from Abu Uthman al-Nahdi, from Usamah ibn Zayd, who said: Umaymah, the daughter of Zaynab, was brought to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, her breath rattling as though in a water-skin. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: To Allah belongs what He takes, and to Allah belongs what He gives, and everything has an appointed term. Then his eyes shed tears, and Sa'd ibn Ubadah said to him: O Messenger of Allah, do you weep? Did you not forbid weeping? The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: This is only mercy which Allah has placed in the hearts of His servants, and Allah shows mercy only to the merciful among His servants.