[24] Rewards of Digging (Preparing) a Grave...

[24] Rewards of Digging (Preparing) a Grave: عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ مَنْ حَفَرَ لِمَيِّتٍ قَبْراً كَانَ كَمَنْ بَوَّأَهُ بَيْتاً مُوَافِقاً إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Sayf Bin Umeyra, from Sa’ad Bin Tareyf, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘The one who digs a grave for a deceased would be like the one provides a compatible house up to the Day of Judgement’.

[25] – ثَوَابُ الْأَعْمَالِ، وَ أَعْلَامُ الدِّينِ، بِإِسْنَادِهِمَا إِلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ مَنِ احْتَفَرَ لِمُسْلِمٍ قَبْراً مُحْتَسِباً حَرَّمَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّارِ وَ بَوَّأَهُ بَيْتاً فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَ أَوْرَدَهُ حَوْضاً فِيهِ مِنَ الْأَبَارِيقِ عَدَدَ النُّجُومِ عَرْضُهُ مَا بَيْنَ أُبُلَّةَ وَ صَنْعَاءَ (The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’, and ‘A’lam Al Deen, by their chains to Abu Hureyra and Ibn Abbas who both said, ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘The one who digs a grave for a Muslim anticipating (Rewards), Allah ‑azwj will Prohibit him unto the Fire, and his abode will be a house in the Paradise, and Make him arrive to a fountain wherein are pitchers the number of stars, and it’s width is what is between Ubullah and Sana’a’’.

[26] بيان الْأُبُلَّةُ اسم جبل بين مكة و المدينة قرب ينبع Explanation – ‘Ubullah’ is a name of a mountain between Makkah and Al-Medina, near Yanbu .

وَ مَنْ حَفَرَ قَبْراً لِمُسْلِمٍ بَنَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُ بَيْتاً فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَ مَنْ أَنْظَرَ مُعْسِراً أَظَلَّهُ اللَّهُ فِي ظِلِّهِ يَوْمَ لَا ظِلَّ إِلَّا ظِلُّهُ (Rasool Allah -saww said in a lengthy Hadith): And the one who digs a grave for a Muslim, Allah -azwj would Build for him a house in the Paradise; and the one who respites a bankrupt, Allah -azwj would Shade him in His -azwj Shade on a Day there will be no shade except His -azwj Shade.