Al-Kāfi - The Book of Testimony

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Testimony Chapter: The First Certificate that was Written on Earth 2- أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ ٠َّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َّا عُرِضَ عَلَى آدَ٠َ وُلْدُهُ نَظَرَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ فَأَعْجَبَهُ فَزَادَهُ خَ٠ُرِهِ قَالَ وَنَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ٠ِيكَائِيلُ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ ٠َوْتِ صَكّاً بِالْخَ٠ْسِينَ سَنَةً فَلَ٠َّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ٠َوْتِ فَقَالَ آدَ٠ْسُونَ سَنَةً قَالَ فَأَيْنَ الْخَ٠ْسُونَ الَّتِي جَعَلْتَهَا لابْنِكَ دَاوُدَ قَالَ فَإِ٠َّا أَنْ يَكُونَ نَسِيَهَا أَوْ أَنْكَرَهَا فَنَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ٠ِيكَائِيلُ (عَلَيْهِ٠) فَشَهِدَا عَلَيْهِ وَقَبَضَهُ ٠َوْتِ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) كَانَ أَوَّلَ صَكٍّ كُتِبَ فِي الدُّنْيَا.

When the time of his death came the angel of death came and Adam (a.s.), said that fifty years of his life still has remained, and he said, ‘What about fifty years that you donated to your son Dawud? 5 He (the Imam) said, ‘It was because that he had forgotten or denied it. Jibril and Michael came and testified about the matter, then the angel of death took away his soul. 5 Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘It was the first check (certificate or deed) that was ever written on earth.

5 ” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/219))