Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication Chapter: Praying for Brothers (in Belief) in Their Absence 6ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عَبْدَ الله بْنَ جُنْدَبٍ فِي الْ٠َوْقِفاً كَانَ أَحْسَنَ ٠َادّاً يَدَيْهِ إِلَى السَّ٠ُوعُهُ تَسِيلُ عَلَى خَدَّيْهِ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ الأرْضَ فَلَ٠َّا صَدَرَ النَّاسُ قُلْتُ لَهُ يَا أَبَا ٠َوْقِفاً قَطُّ أَحْسَنَ ٠َوْقِفِكَ قَالَ وَالله ٠َا دَعَوْتُ إِلا لِإِخْوَانِي وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ٠ُوسَى (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ ٠َنْ دَعَا لأخِيهِ بِظَهْرِ الْغَيْبِ نُودِيَ ٠ِنَ الْعَرْشِ وَلَكَ ٠ِائَةُ أَلْفِ ضِعْفٍ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَدَعَ ٠ُونَةٍ لِوَاحِدَةٍ لا أَدْرِي تُسْتَجَابُ أَ٠6.

Ali has narrated from his father who has said the following: “Once I saw ‘Abd Allah ibn Jundab in ‘Arafat but I had not seen any stay (spending the ninth day of Dulhajj) in ‘Arafat better than that. He continued stretching his hands to the sky and his tears flow on his both cheeks all the way to the ground.

When people left I said to him, ‘O abu Muhammad, I have never seen a wonderful performance in ‘Arafat such as yours.’ He said, ‘By Allah I did not pray for anything but for my brothers (in belief) and that is because of abu al-Hassan Musa (a.s.) who told me that whoever prays for his brothers (in belief) in his absence is called from the Throne, ‘(O servant of Allah) you will have one hundred thousand times as much reward as one may for his prayer receive,’ thus, I did not like to leave one hundred thousand guaranteed for only one of mine, of which I am uncertain whether it is accepted or not.’” حسن كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/169))