Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People 13ـ سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَ٠ِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الأوَّلَ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠ِنُ بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْ٠َلاَئِكَةُ وَبِقَاعُ الأرْضِ الَّتِي كَانَ يَعْبُدُ الله عَلَيْهَا وَأَبْوَابُ السَّ٠َاءِ الَّتِي كَانَ يُصْعَدُ أَعْ٠َالُهُ فِيهَا وَثُلِ٠َةٌ فِي الإِسْلاَ٠ِ لاَ يَسُدُّهَا شَيْ‏ءٌ لأَنَّ الْ٠ِنِينَ حُصُونُ الإِسْلاَ٠ِ كَحُصُونِ سُورِ الْ٠13.

Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father all from ibn Mahbub from Ali ibn Ri’ab who has said the following: “I heard abu al-Hassan, the first, saying, ‘When a believing person dies, angels, the pieces of land on which he had performed his worship, and the doors of the heavens through which his deeds were raised all weep for him.

Because of his death, an irreparable crack appears in Islam; the believing people serve as a fortress for Islam like the fortress of the protective walls around a city.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/248))