[27] The Recommended Days to Visit a Cemetery...
[27] The Recommended Days to Visit a Cemetery: الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ عَاشَتْ فَاطِمَةُ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص خَمْسَةً وَ سَبْعِينَ يَوْماً لَمْ تُرَ كَاشِرَةً وَ لَا ضَاحِكَةً تَأْتِي قُبُورَ الشُّهَدَاءِ فِي كُلِّ جُمْعَةٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ الْإِثْنَيْنَ وَ الْخَمِيسَ فَتَقُولُ ع هَاهُنَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ هَاهُنَا كَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ (The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – The number, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Nazr, from Hisham Bin Salim, ‘From Abdullah -asws , he (the narrator) said, ‘(Syeda) Fatima -asws lived after Rasool-Allah -saww for seventy-five days.
She -asws was neither seen to have manifested her -asws teeth nor smiled. She -asws used to go to the graves of the martyrs twice during every week, Monday and Thursday. Syeda -asws would say: ‘Over her was Rasool-Allah -saww and over there were the Polytheists’’.
[28] How to Send Greetings to the People of the Grave (when visiting a cemetery): إِخْتِيَارُ ابْنِ الْبَاقِي، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع قَالَ: مَرَّ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع بِالْمَقْبَرَةِ وَ يُرْوَى بِالْمَقَابِرِ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَقْبَرَةِ وَ التُّرْبَةِ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ الْمَنَازِلَ بَعْدَكُمْ قَدْ سُكِنَتْ وَ أَنَّ الْأَمْوَالَ بَعْدَكُمْ قَدْ قُسِمَتْ وَ أَنَّ الْأَزْوَاجَ بَعْدَكُمْ قَدْ نُكِحَتْ فَهَذَا خَبَرُ مَا عِنْدَنَا فَمَا خَبَرُ مَا عِنْدَكُمْ (The book) ‘Ikhtiyar’ of Ibn Al-Baqi, ‘From Ja’far -asws Bin Muhammad -asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws passed by the graveyard’ – (and it is reported, some graves) – He -asws said: ‘The greetings be unto you all, O people of the graveyard and the soil!
Know that after you the houses have been settled in, and after you, the wealth has been distributed, and after you, the wives have been married.
This is the news of what is with us, so what is the news with you?’ فَأَجَابَهُ هَاتِفٌ مِنَ الْمَقَابِرِ نَسْمَعُ صَوْتَهُ وَ لَا نَرَى شَخْصَهُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ أَمَّا خَبَرُ مَا عِنْدَنَا فَقَدْ وَجَدْنَا مَا وُعِدْنَاهُ وَ رَبِحْنَا مَا قَدَّمْنَاهُ وَ خَسِرْنَا مَا خَلَّفْنَاهُ A caller from the graves answered him -asws , we heard his voice and we could not see his person, ‘The greetings be to you -asws , O Amir Al-Momineen -asws , and Mercy of Allah -azwj and His -azwj Blessings!
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