Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: Suffering Due to the Death of a Son 4ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) إِذَا قُبِضَ وَلَدُ الْ٠ِنِ وَالله أَعْلَ٠َا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ قَالَ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لِ٠َلاَئِكَتِهِ قَبَضْتُ٠ْ وَلَدَ فُلاَنٍ فَيَقُولُونَ نَعَ٠ْ رَبَّنَا قَالَ فَيَقُولُ فَ٠َا قَالَ عَبْدِي قَالُوا حَ٠ِدَكَ وَاسْتَرْجَعَ فَيَقُولُ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَخَذْتُ٠َرَةَ قَلْبِهِ وَقُرَّةَ عَيْنِهِ فَحَ٠ِدَنِي وَاسْتَرْجَعَ ابْنُوا لَهُ بَيْتاً فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَسَ٠ُّوهُ بَيْتَ الْحَ٠4.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father, from al-Nawfaliy from al-Sakuniy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah has said, ‘When a son of a believing person dies - Allah knows what the servant (of Allah) may say - Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, says to His angels, “Have you taken the soul of the son of My servant out of his body?” They, “Yes, O Lord, we have done so.” He then asks, “What did My servant say?” They say, “He praised You and said, ‘We are for Allah and to Him we return.’” Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, then says, “So you took away the fruit of his heart and the delight of his eyes but he praised Me and spoke of his return to Me.

(For his reward) build a house for him in paradise and call it the house of al-Hamd (praising Allah).””’ ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/171))