The sun was eclipsed on the day Ibrahim, the son of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, died. The people said, "The sun has been eclipsed because of the death of Ibrahim."When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard this, he came out, praised Allah and glorified Him, then said, "To proceed, people, the sun and the moon are two of the signs of Allah. They are not eclipsed for the death of anyone or for his birth. So when you see that, hasten to the mosques."His eyes filled with tears, and they said, "Messenger of Allah, you weep, and you are the Messenger of Allah!"He replied, "I am only a human being. The eye sheds tears and the heart grieves, but we do not say anything that displeases the Lord. By Allah, Ibrahim, we are saddened by your loss."He died at the age of eighteen months, and the Prophet said, "He has a wet-nurse in Paradise."
انكسفت الشمس يوم مات إبراهيم ابن رسول الله ﷺ، فقال الناس: انكسفت الشمس لموت إبراهيم، فخرج رسول الله ﷺ حين سمع ذلك، فحمد الله وأثنى عليه ثم قال: أما بعد أيها الناس إن الشمس والقمر آيتان من آيات الله لا ينكسفان لموت أحد ولا لحياة، أحد، فإذا رأيتم ذلك فافزعوا إلى المساجد؛ ودمعت عيناه، فقالوا: يا رسول الله تبكي وأنت رسول الله! قال: إنما أنا بشر تدمع العين ويخشع القلب ولا نقول ما يسخط الرب، والله يا إبراهيم إنا بك لمحزونون. ومات وهو ابن ثمانية عشر شهرا. وقال: إن له مرضعا في الجنة.
Ibn Saad narrated it in Tabaqat Kubra (1/142) from Fadl bin Dukayn, who said, Abdul-Rahman bin Ghasil informed us, from Asim bin Umar bin Qatada, from Mahmud bin Labeed, and he mentioned it. Its chain is hasan because of Abdul-Rahman bin Ghasil, who is Abdul-Rahman bin Sulayman bin Abdullah bin Hanzala Ansari, known as Ibn Ghasil, hasan al-hadith. Mahmud bin Labeed was among the younger companions.As for what was narrated from Jabir bin Abdullah, who said, The Prophet ﷺ took the hand of Abdul-Rahman bin Awf and went with him to his son Ibrahim, and found him breathing his last. The Prophet ﷺ took him and placed him in his lap, and wept. Abdul-Rahman said to him, "Are you weeping? Were you not forbidden to weep?" He said, "No, rather I was forbidden two foolish, sinful sounds, a sound at a calamity, scratching of faces and tearing of collars, and the wailing of a devil." This is daif.Tirmidhi narrated it (1005) from Ali bin Khashram, who said, Isa bin Yunus informed us, from Ibn Abu Layla, from Ataa, from Jabir, and he mentioned it. Ibn Abu Shayba narrated it in Musannaf (3/393) through the route of Ibn Abu Layla, longer than this. Tirmidhi said, hasan, and in one copy, hasan sahih. The correct view is that it is daif, because Ibn Abu Layla is in it, whose name is Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahman bin Abu Layla, and the majority of scholars declared him daif.Nawawi said in Khulasa (3776), after quoting Tirmidhi's grading of hasan, "It is a narration of Muhammad bin Abu Layla, who is daif, so perhaps it is strengthened by another route. The second sound is the wailing of the devil, and what is meant by it is singing and pipes." He said, "And this is likewise stated clearly in the narration of Bayhaqi." End of quote.I say, this is what Bayhaqi narrated (4/69) through another route from Ibn Abu Layla with his chain, in which it says, "I did not forbid weeping, I only forbade wailing, two foolish and sinful sounds, a sound at a tune of amusement and play and the pipes of the devil, and a sound at a calamity, scratching of faces and tearing of collars and wailing. But this is mercy, and whoever does not show mercy will not be shown mercy. O Ibrahim, were it not a true matter and a true promise, and that our last will surely join our first, we would have grieved over you with a grief even more intense than this. And indeed we are grieved for you. The eye weeps and the heart grieves, and we do not say what angers the Lord."Bazzar narrated it in Kashf Astar (805) through the route of Nadr bin Ismail, who said, Ibn Abu Layla narrated to us, from Ataa, from Jabir bin Abdullah, from Abdul-Rahman bin Awf, and he mentioned something similar. Bazzar said, "We do not know it from Abdul-Rahman except through this chain, and part of it was narrated from him through another chain."Ibn Hajar said in Matalib Aliyah (1/225), after mentioning the other chains, "Ibn Abu Layla has poor memory, and the inconsistency in it comes from him." Haythami said in Majma (3/7), "Abu Yaala and Bazzar narrated it, and in it is Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahman bin Abu Layla, about whom there is discussion."A note on the time of Ibrahim's death. Waqidi stated definitively that he died on a Tuesday, ten nights into the month of Rabi Awwal, in the year ten. Ibn Hazm said, He died three months before the Prophet ﷺ. His age was between sixteen and eighteen months.