Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: People Drowned or Struck Dead َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ قَالَ أَصَابَ النَّاسَ بِ٠ِنَ السِّنِينَ صَوَاعِقُ كَثِيرَةٌ ٠ِنْ ذَلِكَ خَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي إِبْرَاهِي٠َ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠ِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ يَنْبَغِي لِلْغَرِيقِ وَالْ٠َصْعُوقِ أَنْ يُتَرَبَّصَ بِهِ ثَلاَثاً لاَ يُدْفَنُ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَجِي‏ءَ ٠ِنْهُ رِيحٌ تَدُلُّ عَلَى ٠َوْتِهِ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ كَأَنَّكَ تُخْبِرُنِي أَنَّهُ قَدْ دُفِنَ نَاسٌ كَثِيرٌ أَحْيَاءً فَقَالَ نَعَ٠ْ يَا عَلِيُّ قَدْ دُفِنَ نَاسٌ كَثِيرٌ أَحْيَاءً ٠َاتُوا إِلاَّ فِي قُبُورِهِ٠6.

Ahmad ibn Mehran has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali from Ali ibn abu Hamzah who has said the following: “In one of the years many people in Makkah died because of a great deal of lightning and thunder.

I visited abu Ibrahim (a.s.), and he, without asking, initiated stating, ‘It is proper to delay for three days the burial of one who has died because of drowning and sudden shock unless the spread of smell proves his death.’ I then said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, are you telling me that many people are buried alive?

He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, O Ali, many people were buried alive and they did not die but in their graves.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/143))