Al-Kafi · Hadith 3

The Book on Dying People · People Who Should and Those Who Should Not Enter a Grave · Volume 3, book 3, chapter 63, Hadith 3

Original Arabic text

3ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ لَمَّا مَاتَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله أَتَى أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) الْقَبْرَ فَأَرْخَى نَفْسَهُ فَقَعَدَ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَحِمَكَ الله وَصَلَّى عَلَيْكَ وَلَمْ يَنْزِلْ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَقَالَ هَكَذَا فَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) بِإِبْرَاهِيمَ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام).

Published English translation

3. Ali has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Muhammad ibn abu Hamzah from a man who has said the following: “When Isma’il, son of abu ‘Abd Allah, passed away, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), went to the grave site, allowed his body to reach the ground, and said, ‘I pray to Allah to grant you mercy and favors.’ He did not enter the grave; and he said, ‘This is how the Holy Prophet did when Ibrahim died.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مرسل

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/90)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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