al-Hamm wa al-Huzn 74

Ibn Abi al-Dunya

««بُكَاءُ الْخَوْفِ مُرٌّ، وَبُكَاءُ الْمَحْزُونِ حُلْوٌ»»

Its text does not say these are the Prophet’s words ﷺ, so they are not framed in gold.

The chain

  1. Ibn Abi al-Dunya
  2. حدثنا عبد الله ثقة حافظ، عابد
  3. حدثني بعض أصحابنا
The text as printed

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا، قَالَ: قَالَ بَعْضُ الْحُكَمَاءِ: «بُكَاءُ الْخَوْفِ مُرٌّ، وَبُكَاءُ الْمَحْزُونِ حُلْوٌ»

Rulings on it

The early critics’ verdicts on this hadith have not been extracted from their books yet: they are in their texts, and their extraction is coming.

In its editions

  • تحقيق مجدي فتحي السيد No. 74 Page