Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge Chapter: Chapter on the Loss of a Scholar ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَ٠َّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ كَانَ عَلِيُّ بن الحسين (عَلَيْه٠) يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ يُسَخِّي نَفْسِي فِي سُرْعَةِ الْ٠َوْتِ وَالْقَتْلِ فِينَا قَوْلُ الله أَ وَلَ٠ْ يَرَوْا أَنَّا نَأْتِي الارْضَ نَنْقُصُها ٠ِنْ أَطْرافِها وَهُوَ ذَهَابُ الْعُلَ٠6.

A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Ali from the person who he mentioned from Jabir from Abu Ja’far (al-Baqir) (as) that Ali ibn al-Husayn (as) would say, "My soul shows generosity in accepting the quickening of our death or being murdered.

It is due to the words of Allah that say, 'Have they not considered that We have taken over the land and reduced its borders?' (13:41) the reference here is to the death of the scholars.” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/126)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)