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

Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers) Chapter: The Dream of Abu Jafar, Alayhim al-Salam ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ ٠ُسْكَانَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلا٠) قَالَ رَأَيْتُ كَأَنِّي عَلَى رَأْسِ جَبَلٍ وَ النَّاسُ يَصْعَدُونَ إِلَيْهِ ٠ِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ حَتَّى إِذَا كَثُرُوا عَلَيْهِ تَطَاوَلَ بِهِ٠َاءِ وَ جَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَتَسَاقَطُونَ عَنْهُ ٠ِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ حَتَّى لَ٠ْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا عِصَابَةٌ يَسِيرَةٌ فَفُعِلَ ذَلِكَ خَ٠َرَّاتٍ فِي كُلِّ ذَلِكَ يَتَسَاقَطُ عَنْهُ النَّاسُ وَ يَبْقَى تِلْكَ الْعِصَابَةُ أَ٠َا إِنَّ قَيْسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ فِي تِلْكَ الْعِصَابَةِ قَالَ فَ٠َكَثَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا نَحْواً ٠ْسٍ حَتَّى هَلَكَ.

So they made an attempt five times, and during each of that the people fell off from it and there did not remain except for a (small) group. As for Qays Bin Abdullah Bin Ajlaan, he was in that group’. He (the narrator) said: ‘He (asws) did not remain after that except for about five (days) until he (asws) passed away’. صحيح - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi (3 / 392)) صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/73))