فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُصَلَّى عَلَى مِثْلِ...
فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُصَلَّى عَلَى مِثْلِ هَذَا وَ كَانَ ابْنَ ثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ( عليه السلام ) يَأْمُرُ بِهِ فَيُدْفَنُ وَ لَا يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَ لَكِنَّ النَّاسَ صَنَعُوا شَيْئاً فَنَحْنُ نَصْنَعُ مِثْلَهُ So, he -asws said: ‘But, the Salaat is not performed upon the likes of this one, and he was a boy of three years old.
Ali -asws used to order with it, so he would be buried, and there would be no Salaat upon him, but the people are doing something, so we -asws are doing similar to it’. قَالَ قُلْتُ فَمَتَى تَجِبُ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ إِذَا عَقَلَ الصَّلَاةَ وَ كَانَ ابْنَ سِتِّ سِنِينَ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَمَا تَقُولُ فِي الْوِلْدَانِ فَقَالَ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) عَنْهُمْ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ.
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘when is the Salaat Obligated upon him?’ He (Imam -asws ) said: ‘When he has intellect for the Salaat , and was a boy six years of age’. I said, ‘So what are you ‑asws saying regarding the children ?’. Then, he -asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww was asked about them, so he -saww said: ‘Allah -azwj is more Knowing with what they were doing (during their lifetime)’ .
[6] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ لَمَّا قُبِضَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) جَرَتْ فِيهِ ثَلَاثُ سُنَنٍ أَمَّا وَاحِدَةٌ فَإِنَّهُ لَمَّا مَاتَ انْكَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ انْكَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ لِفَقْدِ ابْنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَصَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) الْمِنْبَرَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَ الْقَمَرَ آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ يَجْرِيَانِ بِأَمْرِهِ مُطِيعَانِ لَهُ لَا يَنْكَسِفَانِ لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ وَ لَا لِحَيَاتِهِ فَإِنِ انْكَسَفَتَا أَوْ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْهُمَا فَصَلُّوا Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Amro Bin Saeed, from Ali Bin Abdullah who said, ‘I heard Abu Al-Hassan Musa -asws saying that when Ibrahim -as son -as of Rasool-Allah -saww passed away, three Sunnahs flowed with regards to it.
As for one – so when he -as passed away the sun was eclipsed, and the people said, ‘The sun is eclipsed due to Rasool-Allah -saww losing a son’. So Rasool-Allah -saww ascended the Pulpit, and he -saww Praised Allah -azwj Lauded Him -azwj , then said: ‘O you people!
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