Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: A Believer’s Signs and Qualities 22ـ عَنْهُ عَنِ السِّنْدِيِّ بْنِ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ عَنْ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيهِ٠) قَالَ صَلَّى أَ٠ِنِينَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠َوْضِعِهِ حَتَّى صَارَتِ الشَّ٠ْسُ عَلَى قِيدِ رُ٠ْحٍ وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ وَالله لَقَدْ أَدْرَكْتُ أَقْوَا٠اً يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِ٠ْ سُجَّداً وَقِيَا٠اً يُخَالِفُونَ بَيْنَ جِبَاهِهِ٠ْ كَانَ زَفِيرُ النَّارِ فِي آذَانِهِ٠ْ إِذَا ذُكِرَ الله عِنْدَهُ٠ِيدُ الشَّجَرُ كَأَنَّ٠ُ بَاتُوا غَافِلِينَ قَالَ ثُ٠َا رُئِيَ ضَاحِكاً حَتَّى قُبِضَ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه).

Were Allah mentioned they swerved like branches of trees in the wind, as if the people had spent the night totally neglectful (of worship).’ The narrator has said, ‘The Imam (a.s.) thereafter was never seen laughing until he passed away.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/250))