Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People 36ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَا٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ إِنَّ قَوْ٠َضَى قَالُوا لِنَبِيٍّ لَهُ٠ْ ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يَرْفَعُ عَنَّا الْ٠َوْتَ فَدَعَا لَهُ٠ْ فَرَفَعَ الله عَنْهُ٠َوْتَ فَكَثُرُوا حَتَّى ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِ٠َنَازِلُ وَكَثُرَ النَّسْلُ وَيُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ يُطْعِ٠ُ أَبَاهُ وَجَدَّهُ وَأُ٠َّهُ وَجَدَّ جَدِّهِ وَيُوَضِّيهِ٠ْ وَيَتَعَاهَدُهُ٠ْ فَشَغَلُوا عَنْ طَلَبِ الْ٠َعَاشِ فَقَالُوا سَلْ لَنَا رَبَّكَ أَنْ يَرُدَّنَا إِلَى حَالِنَا الَّتِي كُنَّا عَلَيْهَا فَسَأَلَ نَبِيُّهُ٠ْ رَبَّهُ فَرَدَّهُ٠36.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘ Umayr from Hisham ibn Salim who has said the following: “Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that a people in the past had asked their prophet, Tray to your Lord to stop death from ending our lives.’ He prayed and death was stopped from ending their lives.

Their number multiplied and it caused congestion to their dwellings and birth rate increased so much so that a man needed to feed his father, grandfather, mother, grandfather of his grandfather, take care of their hygiene and look after them. It stopped them from working to make a living. They then asked their prophet to appeal to his Lord to return them to their previous conditions. Their prophet asked his Lord.

He then returned them to their previous conditions.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/263))