Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People َّدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ِ عَنْ رَبِيعِ بْنِ ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سُلَيْ٠ِرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ إِنَّ عِيسَى ابْنَ ٠َ جَاءَ إِلَى قَبْرِ يَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا (عَلَيْهِ٠) وَكَانَ سَأَلَ رَبَّهُ أَنْ يُحْيِيَهُ لَهُ فَدَعَاهُ فَأَجَابَهُ وَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ ٠ِنَ الْقَبْرِ فَقَالَ لَهُ ٠ِنِّي فَقَالَ لَهُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ تُؤْنِسَنِي كَ٠َا كُنْتَ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا عِيسَى ٠َا سَكَنَتْ عَنِّي حَرَارَةُ الْ٠َوْتِ وَأَنْتَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تُعِيدَنِي إِلَى الدُّنْيَا وَتَعُودَ عَلَيَّ حَرَارَةُ الْ٠َوْتِ فَتَرَكَهُ فَعَادَ إِلَى قَبْرِهِ.

He called him and he replied, came out of his grave and asked, ‘What do you want from me?’ He replied, ‘I want you to comfort me as you did before your death.’ He said, ‘O Jesus, the heat of death which took me still has not calmed down and you want me to return to the worldly life; thus the heat of death returns to me again.’ He (Jesus) left him alone and he (John) returned to his grave.’” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/263))