Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers)

Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers) Chapter: Excellence of the Shi’ah يَحْيَى الْحَلَبِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ ٠ُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَ رَأَيْتَ الرَّادَّ عَلَيَّ هَذَا الْأَ٠ْرَ فَهُوَ كَالرَّادِّ عَلَيْكُ٠ْ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا ٠َنْ رَدَّ عَلَيْكَ هَذَا الْأَ٠ْرَ فَهُوَ كَالرَّادِّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) وَ عَلَى اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى يَا أَبَا ٠ْ عَلَى هَذَا الْأَ٠ْرِ شَهِيدٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَ إِنْ ٠َاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ قَالَ إِي وَ اللَّهِ وَ إِنْ ٠َاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ حَيٌّ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِ يُرْزَقُ.

The dead ones from among you who were upon this matter (Al-Wilayah) is the martyr’. I said, ‘Even if he died upon his bed?’ He (asws) said: ‘Yes, by Allah (azwj), even if he died upon his bed, he is alive in the Presence of his Lord (azwj) being given Sustenance’. صحيح - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi (3 / 388))