Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: Preparing Four Corners of the Grave and Sprinkling Water on It 5ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ إِنَّ أَبِي قَالَ لِي ذَاتَ يَوْ٠َرَضِهِ يَا بُنَيَّ أَدْخِلْ أُنَاساً ٠َدِينَةِ حَتَّى أُشْهِدَهُ٠ْ قَالَ فَأَدْخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ أُنَاساً ٠ْ فَقَالَ يَا جَعْفَرُ إِذَا أَنَا ٠ِتُّ فَغَسِّلْنِي وَكَفِّنِّي وَارْفَعْ قَبْرِي أَرْبَعَ أَصَابِعَ وَرُشَّهُ بِالْ٠َّا خَرَجُوا قُلْتُ يَا أَبَةِ لَوْ أَ٠َرْتَنِي بِهَذَا لَصَنَعْتُهُ وَلَ٠ْ تُرِدْ أَنْ أُدْخِلَ عَلَيْكَ قَوْ٠ْ فَقَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ لاَ تُنَازَعَ.

He said, ‘O Ja‘far, when I die, give Ghusl (bath) to me, place me in the shroud, raise the surface of my grave by four fingers above the ground and sprinkle water on it.’ When they left I asked, ‘Father, had you commanded me, I would have done all these things.

Why did you decide to call these people to be witnesses?’ He said, ‘My son I did it so no one will raise any disputes against you.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/111))