Ibrahim, the son of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) , died in the tenth year of the Hijrah. He was sixteen months old (eighteen months old in another account) and under the care of a nurse when he died. Upon hearing what had happened to his son, Prophet Muhammad immediately went to the house of the nurse, where he held Ibrahim in his hands, and tears flowed from his eyes. He said, The eyes send their tears and the heart is saddened, but we do not say anything except that which pleases our Lord. Indeed, O Ibrahim, we are bereaved by your departure from us. Then he turned his face towards the mountain before his and said, O mountain! If you were as sorrowful as I am, you would certainly crumble into pieces! But we say what Allah has ordered us: (We are the servants of Allah and we will return to Him; We thank Allah, the Creator of the Universe) While Prophet Muhammad was grieving for his son Ibrahim, Usama ibn Zayd started to cry. The Prophet warned him not to. Usama said, I saw you crying. The Prophet answered: I have not commanded you against sadness, but against raising your voice in grief. While preparing the grave for Ibrahim, Prophet Muhammad saw an opening between the clay and ordered the Companions to fill it in. He filled the opening with sand and said: Tombstones are neither good nor ill, but they help appease the living. Anything that man does, God wishes him to do well. (Ibn-i Sad, Tabaqat v.1, p.131-144)
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