Al-Kafi · Hadith 18

The Book on Dying People · Interrogations in the Grave - Who Is Interrogated and Who Is Not · Volume 3, book 3, chapter 88, Hadith 18

Original Arabic text

18ـ حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا (عَلَيْهِما الْسَّلام) قَالَ لَمَّا مَاتَتْ رُقَيَّةُ ابْنَةُ رَسُولِ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) الْحَقِي بِسَلَفِنَا الصَّالِحِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَظْعُونٍ وَأَصْحَابِهِ قَالَ وَفَاطِمَةُ (عَلَيْهِا الْسَّلام) عَلَى شَفِيرِ الْقَبْرِ تَنْحَدِرُ دُمُوعُهَا فِي الْقَبْرِ وَرَسُولُ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) يَتَلَقَّاهُ بِثَوْبِهِ قَائِماً يَدْعُو قَالَ إِنِّي لأَعْرِفُ ضَعْفَهَا وَسَأَلْتُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يُجِيرَهَا مِنْ ضَمَّةِ الْقَبْرِ.

Published English translation

18. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from al-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama‘ah from more than one person from Aban from Abu Basir from one of the two Imams who has said the following: “When Ruqayyah, daughter of the Messenger of Allah passed away, the Messenger of Allah said, ’You now join the people of good deeds of our predecessors like ’Uthman ibn Madh'un and his friends.’ The Imam said, "Fatimah (AS) stood on the edge of the grave with her tears falling into the grave, and the Messenger of Allah allowed his tears to fall in his clothes. While standing he (the Messenger of Allah) prayed saying, 'I am aware of her weakness and pray to Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, to grant her protection against the pressure of the grave.'"

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: سكت عنه

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/215)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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