The story of Sufyan … and severity of Taqiyah

263. Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan, from Abu Dawood Al-Mustarraq, from Sufyan Bin Mus’ab Al-Abzay who said: I came up to Abu Abdullah (asws), so he (asws) said: ‘Tell Umm Farwa to come and listen to what happened with her grandfather’. So she came and sat behind the curtain. Then he (asws) said: ‘Recite a poem (Nasheed) to us’. So I said, ‘Let Farwa be generous in the flow of her tears’. So she wailed and the women wailed’. Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘The door! The door! The people of Al-Medina were gathered at the door. So Abu Abdullah (asws) sent a message to them: ‘One of our young ones fainted, hence the women wailed’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.