Al-Kafi · Hadith 4

The Book on Dying People · A Dying Person Observes His Properties, Children and Deeds Just Before His Death · Volume 3, book 3, chapter 87, Hadith 4

Original Arabic text

4ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِما الْسَّلام) مَا نَدْرِي كَيْفَ نَصْنَعُ بِالنَّاسِ إِنْ حَدَّثْنَاهُمْ بِمَا سَمِعْنَا مِنْ رَسُولِ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) ضَحِكُوا وَإِنْ سَكَتْنَا لَمْ يَسَعْنَا قَالَ فَقَالَ ضَمْرَةُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ حَدِّثْنَا فَقَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا يَقُولُ عَدُوُّ الله إِذَا حُمِلَ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ قَالَ فَقُلْنَا لاَ قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ يَقُولُ لِحَمَلَتِهِ أَ لاَ تَسْمَعُونَ أَنِّي أَشْكُو إِلَيْكُمْ عَدُوَّ الله خَدَعَنِي وَأَوْرَدَنِي ثُمَّ لَمْ يُصْدِرْنِي وَأَشْكُو إِلَيْكُمْ إِخْوَاناً وَاخَيْتُهُمْ فَخَذَلُونِي وَأَشْكُو إِلَيْكُمْ أَوْلاَداً حَامَيْتُ عَنْهُمْ فَخَذَلُونِي وَأَشْكُو إِلَيْكُمْ دَاراً أَنْفَقْتُ فِيهَا حَرِيبَتِي فَصَارَ سُكَّانُهَا غَيْرِي فَارْفُقُوا بِي وَلاَ تَسْتَعْجِلُوا قَالَ فَقَالَ ضَمْرَةُ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذَا الْكَلاَمِ يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَثِبَ عَلَى أَعْنَاقِ الَّذِينَ يَحْمِلُونَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِما الْسَّلام) اللهمَّ إِنْ كَانَ ضَمْرَةُ هَزِئَ مِنْ حَدِيثِ رَسُولِ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَخُذْهُ أَخْذَةَ أَسَفٍ قَالَ فَمَكَثَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً ثُمَّ مَاتَ فَحَضَرَهُ مَوْلىً لَهُ قَالَ فَلَمَّا دُفِنَ أَتَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِما الْسَّلام) فَجَلَسَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتَ يَا فُلاَنُ قَالَ مِنْ جِنَازَةِ ضَمْرَةَ فَوَضَعْتُ وَجْهِي عَلَيْهِ حِينَ سُوِّيَ عَلَيْهِ فَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتَهُ وَالله أَعْرِفُهُ كَمَا كُنْتُ أَعْرِفُهُ وَهُوَ حَيٌّ يَقُولُ وَيْلَكَ يَا ضَمْرَةَ بْنَ مَعْبَدٍ الْيَوْمَ خَذَلَكَ كُلُّ خَلِيلٍ وَصَارَ مَصِيرُكَ إِلَى الْجَحِيمِ فِيهَا مَسْكَنُكَ وَمَبِيتُكَ وَالْمَقِيلُ قَالَ فَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِما الْسَّلام) أَسْأَلُ الله الْعَافِيَةَ هَذَا جَزَاءُ مَنْ يَهْزَأُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ رَسُولِ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه).

Published English translation

4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Yunus from ‘Amr ibn Shimr from Jabir who has said the following: “Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.), has said, ‘We do not know how to deal with people. If we tell them that we have heard (such and such Hadith) from the Messenger of Allah, they laugh, and to remain silent (to neglect our mission) is not possible for us.’ The narrator has said that Damrah ibn Ma‘bad then said, ‘You then should narrate to us (of such) Ahadith.’ The Imam (a.s.), then said, ‘Do you know what an enemy of Allah says when his body is placed on the stretcher?’ We replied, ’No, we do not know.’ The Imam then said, ’He says to those who carry his coffin, “Why is it that you do not listen to my complaints against Allah’s enemy who deceived me in taking me to wickedness and then did not help me to escape there-from? I complain before you against those with whom I established brotherly relations but they all betrayed me. I complain before you against the children whom I protected all the time but they also abandoned me. I complain before you against the house upon which I spent all my earnings but other people began to dwell therein. Please be kind and gentle to me and do not rush me up to my grave.’” Damrah then said, ’O abu al-Hassan, if this man can say such things, he then may almost stand up on the shoulders of those who carry him.’ The narrator has said that Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.), then said, ‘O Allah, if Damrah has made fun of Hadith of the Messenger of Allah, then hold him like an angry person does.’ The narrator has said that after forty days he died. He had a servant who after his burial came to Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.). He sat next to the Imam who asked, ‘Wherefrom are you coming O so and so?’ He replied, ’I have come from the burial of Damrah. I placed my face over him (his grave) when he was buried and I heard his voice which I recognized. It was just as I knew it was in his lifetime. I heard him saying, “Woe is upon you, O Damrah ibn Ma’bad. Today all friends have abandoned you and your destination has become hell, wherein is your dwelling, a place of rest at night and in the morning.” The narrator has said that Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.), then said, ‘I plead before Allah for safety. Such is the recompense for those who make fun of the Ahadith of the Messenger of Allah.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/205)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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