Jabir reported, "My father was brought on the day of Uhud, mutilated, and placed before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, covered with a cloth. I went to uncover him, but my people stopped me. I went again to uncover him, and again my people stopped me. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered him to be lifted, and he heard the voice of a wailing woman.He asked, 'Who is this?'They said, 'The daughter of Amr,' or 'the sister of Amr.'He said, 'Why does she weep?' or 'Let her not weep, for the angels kept shading him with their wings until he was lifted.'"
جيء بأبي يوم أحد قد مثل به حتى وضع بين يدي رسول الله ﷺ، وقد سجى ثوبا، فذهبت أريد أن أكشف عنه، فنهاني قومي ثم ذهبت أكشف عنه فنهاني قومي، فأمر رسول الله ﷺ فرفع، فسمع صوت صائحة فقال: من هذه؟ فقالوا: ابنة عمرو- أو أخت عمرو- قال: فلم تبكي؟ أو لا تبكي، فما زالت الملائكة تظله بأجنحتها حتى رفع.
Bukhari related it in the Book of Funerals (1293), and Muslim in the Book of the Virtues of the Companions (2471), both from the hadith of Sufyan, who said, Ibn Munkadir narrated to us, saying, I heard Jabir bin Abdullah relate it, and their wording is the same.His saying, "whether she weeps or does not weep," expresses a choice, meaning that he was honored by the deeds of the angels and their crowding around him as they ascended with his soul.Muslim also related it through the route of Abdul-Razzaq, from Ibn Jurayj, from Muhammad bin Munkadir, from Jabir, with this hadith, except that in Ibn Jurayj's version there is no mention of the angels or the weeping of the one who weeps.