Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 1-165b
"عن عرفجة قال: قال أبو بكر: مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يبكىَ فَلْيَبْكِ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَلْيَتَبَاكَ - يعني التَّضَرُّعَ -".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿRfjh
- Qāl Bw Bkr Man Āstaṭāʿ
- Ybk Falyabk
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From ʿUrfajah, who said: Abū Bakr said: Whoever is able to weep, let him weep, and whoever is not able, let him feign weeping - meaning humble supplication -".
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Notes
ابن المبارك، [حم] أحمد في الزهد، وهناد، [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان
machine translationIbn al-Mubārak; [Ḥam] Aḥmad in al-Zuhd; Hannād; [Hb] al-Bayhaqī in Shuʿab al-Īmān.
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