Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 656
CHAPTER 26 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Love for his own Offspring and other Children 656 has eased the matter. At the time of the burial of Hadrat Zainab ra , the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa addressing her said, "Go and join the already departed best person, ‘Uthm a n bin Ma z ‘ u n in paradise. " On hearing these words the women started to cry. Hadrat ‘Umar ra tried to stop them. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa said, "Weeping is not forbidden but refrain from wailing with tongue". Then he said, "Whatever grief shows from the eye and the heart, it is a sentiment created by God and reveals itself as an emotion based on mercy and natural love but whatever is displayed with the hand or the tongue is a Satanic act. " 24 Kindness shown to Hadrat Ruqayyah ra H u du r sa solemnized his daughter Ruqayyah's Nik ah to his very dear Companion, Hadrat ‘Uthm a n bin ‘Aff a n ra. He advised her to take great care of ‘Uthm a n as he resembled him more in his high morals as compared to his other Companions. Once when he visited his daughter Ruqayyah, she was busy washing Hadrat ‘Usm a n's head. 25 Hadrat Ruqayyah ra migrated to Abysinia with Hadrat ‘Uthm a n ra. For a long time there was no news about them and the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was worried. Anxiously he would ask the people coming from Abysinia for any news about his daughter and son-in-law. A Quraish woman told him that she had seen