Al-Kāfi - The Book of Wills

Chapter: Things that Reach a Deceased after his Death 2- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ لَيْسَ يَتْبَعُ الرَّجُلَ بَعْدَ ٠ِنَ الأجْرِ إِلا ثَلاثُ خِصَالٍ صَدَقَةٌ أَجْرَاهَا فِي حَيَاتِهِ فَهِيَ تَجْرِي بَعْدَ ٠َوْتِهِ وَصَدَقَةٌ ٠َبْتُولَةٌ لا تُورَثُ أَوْ سُنَّةُ هُدًى يُعْ٠َلُ بِهَا بَعْدَهُ أَوْ وَلَدٌ صَالِحٌ يَدْعُو لَهُ.

٠َاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َّدٍ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِثْلَهُ إِلا أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَوْ وَلَدٌ صَالِحٌ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ. 2.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabiy who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Nothing follows a deceased after his death except three things: a charity that Allah has made to function in his lifetime which continues after his death, a Sunnah of guidance that one establishes which is acted upon after his death and virtuous children who pray for him.’” Muhammad ibn ‘Isma’il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from Safwan from ibn Muskan from Muhammad al-Halabiy from abu ‘Abd Allah, a similar Hadith except that he (the Imam) said, ‘or a child who asks forgiveness for him/” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (23/92))