Article No.1 - Wailing (at Time of Bereavement) from Probition Taken Too Lightly

One of the haraam deeds that some women do is that they raise their voices in screaming and eulogizing the dead, striking their faces, tearing their clothes, cutting or tearing out their hair, and other things. All of this indicates that a person does not accept the decree of Allah and is not bearing disaster with fortitude and patience. The Prophet (PBUH) cursed the one who does this. Abu Umaamah reported that the Messenger of Allah cursed the woman who strikes her face, tears her clothes and cries out about woe and doom. Abdullah ibn Mas’ood reported that the Prophet (PBUH) said: “He is not one of us who strike his cheeks, tears his clothes and prays with the supplication of the Jaahiliyyah.” The Prophet (PBUH) said: “If the woman who wails does not repent before her death, she will be raised on the Day of Resurrection wearing a shirt of tar and a garment of scabs.”