So he -asws said: ‘Continue (with what we are doing), for it is not with his permission that we came (walked with funeral), and it is not with his permission that we would be returning. But rather, it is a merit, and there is a Recompense we are seeking, for it is in accordance with what the man follows a coffin that he would be Recompensed upon that’. [8] Participation of Syeda tul Nisa e Allameen -asws in a funeral?
This question was asked from 6 th Imam -asws , Imam -asws narrated a painful incident which took place during the lifetime of Rasool Allah -saww , We present an extract here, please find the complete Hadith in in Appendix II: وَ خَرَجَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ( عليها السلام ) وَ نِسَاءُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ فَصَلَّيْنَ عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ . And Syeda Fatima -asws and the womenfolk of the Believers, and the Emigrants came out, so they prayed Salaat upon the deceased’.
(an extract, see the Hadith in Appendix II) [9] Also, in a Hadith: حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا ( عليهما السلام ) قَالَ لَمَّا مَاتَتْ رُقَيَّةُ ابْنَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) الْحَقِي بِسَلَفِنَا الصَّالِحِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَظْعُونٍ وَ أَصْحَابِهِ Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from someone else, from Aban, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam -asws ) having said: ‘When Ruqayya, a (step) daughter of Rasool-Allah -saww died, Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘Join with our righteous ancestors, Usman Bin Mazoun and his companions’.
قَالَ وَ فَاطِمَةُ ( عليها السلام ) عَلَى شَفِيرِ الْقَبْرِ تَنْحَدِرُ دُمُوعُهَا فِي الْقَبْرِ وَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) يَتَلَقَّاهُ بِثَوْبِهِ قَائِماً يَدْعُو قَالَ إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ ضَعْفَهَا وَ سَأَلْتُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يُجِيرَهَا مِنْ ضَمَّةِ الْقَبْرِ .
He -asws said: ‘And (Syeda) Fatima -asws was upon the verge of the grave, her -asws tears flowing into the grave, and Rasool-Allah -saww was catching these with his -saww clothes, standing, supplicating, saying: ‘I -saww recognise her (step-daughter) weakness, and I -saww asked Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic that He -azwj Rescue her from the squeezing of the grave’.