[50] Delaying in Burial for those who lose Consciousness...
[50] Delaying in Burial for those who lose Consciousness عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْخَالِقِ أَخِي شِهَابِ بْنِ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) خَمْسٌ يُنْتَظَرُ بِهِمْ إِلَّا أَنْ يَتَغَيَّرُوا الْغَرِيقُ وَ الْمَصْعُوقُ وَ الْمَبْطُونُ وَ الْمَهْدُومُ وَ الْمُدَخَّنُ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Ismail Bin Abdul Khaliq a brother of Shihaab Bin Abd Rabbih who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘Five would be awaited with them unless they alter – (the one who) drowned, and the ones struck by lightning, and the one suffering from intestinal ailments, and the one crushed, and one subjected to fumes’.
[51] أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ أَصَابَ النَّاسَ بِمَكَّةَ سَنَةً مِنَ السِّنِينَ صَوَاعِقُ كَثِيرَةٌ مَاتَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ خَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ مُبْتَدِئاً مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ يَنْبَغِي لِلْغَرِيقِ وَ الْمَصْعُوقِ أَنْ يُتَرَبَّصَ بِهِ ثَلَاثاً لَا يُدْفَنُ إِلَّا أَنْ تَجِيءَ مِنْهُ رِيحٌ تَدُلُّ عَلَى مَوْتِهِ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ كَأَنَّكَ تُخْبِرُنِي أَنَّهُ قَدْ دُفِنَ نَاسٌ كَثِيرٌ أَحْيَاءً فَقَالَ نَعَمْ يَا عَلِيُّ قَدْ دُفِنَ نَاسٌ كَثِيرٌ أَحْيَاءً مَا مَاتُوا إِلَّا فِي قُبُورِهِمْ Ahmad Bin Mihran, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza who said, ‘The people at Makkah were hit by a lot of lightning during a year from the year.
A lot of people died from that. So I went over to Abu Ibrahim -asws (7 th Imam -asws ), and he -asws said initiating from without me asking him -asws : ‘It is befitting for the drowned one and the one struck by lightning that they should be awaited with for three (days) not being buried except if a smell comes out from him evidencing upon his death’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! It is as if you -asws are informing me that a lot of the people have been buried alive!’.
So he -asws said: ‘Yes, O Ali! A lot of people have been buried alive. They did not die except inside their graves.
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