I think that al- Sâdiq...

I think that al- Sâdiq, peace be on him, ordered his relatives to go on praying because people would depend on them in getting righteousness and guidance. So, his will would be stronger on their tongues and because they were the family of the prophet, may Allah bless him and his family. In other Words, he ordered his relatives to go on praying so as not to depend on the intercession of the Prophet because of their nearness from him even if they neglected some rules of the Islamic Law.

So, al- Sadiq wanted to draw their attention to the point that their nearness from the Prophet did not avail them unless they carried out the obligations of Allah. Al- Sâdiq’s wife, Urn Harnida,[2] was astonished at that condition because death did not make him forget this advice. So, she wept when she remembered his condition.[3] Also during death, al- Sâdiq, peace be on him divided his property among his blood relatives. Moreover, he gave al- Hasan b. al- Aftas seventy dinars.

So, his woman slave, Salima said to him:” Why do you give the man who wanted to kilt you with the sword?” He said:” Do you want me not to be among those about whom Allah, the Great and Almighty, said:” And those who join that which Allah has bidden to be joined and have awe of their Lord and fear the evil reckonin.”[4] “Yes, Salima, Allah has created Paradise and made its smell good, its smell is found from the march of two thousand years, and those who disobey their parents and abandon their blood relatives do not find its smelt.’ [5] Also this guides us to the importance of keeping close relations with our blood relatives after the prayers.

Al- Sâdiq explained the dangers of the abandonment of the blood relatives. 1 Bihar al- Anwar: 47/2/5. Mahasin al- Barqy: 1/80. 2 She was the mother of al- K5zim, peace be on him. 3 Mahasin Al- Barqy: 1/80/6. 4 Al- Ra’d: 21. 5 Al- Manaqib: 4/273. Al- Shaykh al- Tusy, Al- Ghayba, 128. Al- Sadiq, peace be on him, not only urged Muslims to keep close relations with their blood relatives but also urged them to keep such relations with those who want to kill them. These are the high, Prophetic ethics.

After Death: After al- Sadiq, peace be on him, had died, his son al- Kazim, peace be ott him, shrouded him with two garments from Shata,’[1] which he wore when he performed the hajj, with a shirt of his, with a turban belonged to ‘Ali b.