An-Nu‘man b. Bashir said that when ‘Abdallah b. Rawaha fainted his sister ‘Amra began to weep and shout, “Alas for the mountain! (The word which basically means a mountain is also used for a chief. In the next tradition from Abu Musa two expressions are used, one being the same as here and the other using a normal word for a chief. I have therefore kept the flavour of the original by retaining the word mountain) Alas for such and such! Alas for such and such !” eulogising him. When he came round he said, “I was asked about everything you said whether I am like that.” A version has the addition that when he died she did not weep for him. Bukhari tranmitted it.
Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 4267). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 1745).
An-Nu‘mān ibn Bashīr (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: ‘Abdullāh ibn Rawāhah (may Allah be pleased with him) fell down unconscious, so his sister started crying. She said: "O my mountain! O so-and-so!" and went on calling him by his good qualities one by one. When he came to his senses, he…
وعن النعمان بن بشير رضي الله عنه قال: أغمي على عبد الله بن رواحة رضي الله عنه فجعلت أخته تبكي، وتقول: واجبلاه، وا كذا وا كذا: تعدد عليه فقال حين أفاق: ما قلت شيئًا ألا قيل لي :أنت كذلك؟! ((رواه…
