The Weepers: seven who asked to be carried

Seven men of the Ansar and others of Banu Amr ibn Awf — called al-Bakka'un, "the Weepers" — came to the Prophet in need, asking mounts; he said he had nothing to carry them on, so they turned back with their eyes overflowing with tears, grieved at finding nothing to spend — and Ibn Yamin ibn Umayr al-Nadri gave some of them a water-camel and dates. ¹

Ibn Ishaq reports that men of the Muslims came to the Prophet — the Weepers — seven of the Ansar and of Banu Amr ibn Awf. ²

The seven: Salim ibn Umayr (may God be pleased with him), Ulba ibn Zayd (may God be pleased with him) brother of Banu Haritha, Abu Layla Abd al-Rahman ibn Ka'b brother of Banu Mazin ibn al-Najjar, Amr ibn Humam ibn al-Jumuh brother of Banu Salama, Abdullah ibn al-Mughaffal al-Muzani (may God be pleased with him), Harami ibn Abdullah (may God be pleased with him) brother of Banu Waqif, and Irbad ibn Sariya al-Fazari (may God be pleased with him). ²

They asked the Prophet for mounts, being men of need; he said he found nothing to carry them on, and they turned back with eyes overflowing with tears, grieved at finding nothing to spend. ²

It reached Ibn Ishaq that Ibn Yamin ibn Umayr ibn Ka'b al-Nadri met Abu Layla and Abdullah ibn Mughaffal weeping; he asked them, gave them a water-camel which they rode away on and provisioned them with dates — and they went out with the Prophet. ¹

• Ibn Ishaq said: "some people say: rather he is Abdullah ibn Amr al-Muzani" instead of Abdullah ibn al-Mughaffal (p. 161).
• The editors note a disagreement on some of the Weepers' names and refer to al-Zurqani's commentary on al-Mawahib (note p. 161), and to al-Zurqani's reading "Yamin ibn Amr" instead of "Yamin ibn Umayr" for the camel-giver's name (note p. 161).
• Ibn Ishaq says "it reached me" for the Ibn Yamin story — i.e. a report without a chain (p. 161).