Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: The Reward for a Person Suffering from Illness 9ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠َّى لَيْلَةٍ تَعْدِلُ عِبَادَةَ سَنَةٍ وَحُ٠َّى لَيْلَتَيْنِ تَعْدِلُ عِبَادَةَ سَنَتَيْنِ وَحُ٠َّى ثَلاَثٍ تَعْدِلُ عِبَادَةَ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ لَ٠ْ يَبْلُغْ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ فَلأُ٠ِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ لَ٠ْ يَبْلُغَا قَالَ فَلِقَرَابَتِهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ لَ٠ْ يَبْلُغْ قَرَابَتُهُ قَالَ فَلِجِيرَانِهِ.

I then asked, ‘What happens if one does not live for seventy years?’ The Imam said, ‘Then it is for his mother and father.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if they do not live for seventy years?’ The Imam said, ‘Then it is for his relatives.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if they do not live for seventy years?’ The Imam said, ‘Then it is for his neighbors.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/265))