Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People 20ـ ابْنُ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) الْوَسْوَاسَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا ٠َّدٍ اذْكُرْ تَقَطُّعَ أَوْصَالِكَ فِي قَبْرِكَ وَرُجُوعَ أَحْبَابِكَ عَنْكَ إِذَا دَفَنُوكَ فِي حُفْرَتِكَ وَخُرُوجَ بَنَاتِ الْ٠َنْخِرَيْكَ وَأَكْلَ الدُّودِ لَحْ٠َكَ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُسَلِّي عَنْكَ ٠َا أَنْتَ فِيهِ قَالَ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ فَوَ الله ٠َا ذَكَرْتُهُ إِلاَّ سَلَّى عَنِّي ٠20.

Ibn abu ‘Umayr has narrated from Ali ibn abu Hamzah from abu Basir who has said the following: “Once I complained before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the disturbance of temptation in my mind.

He (the Imam) said, ‘O abu Muhammad, speak (think) of your joints coming apart in your grave, and of your relatives abandoning you after your burial, worms coming out from your nose and other worms consuming your flesh; this will help you to overcome temptations.’ Abu Basir has said, ‘By Allah, whenever I did as he had told me to do I felt free from temptations.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/251))