[13] The Grave Place is Ordained and Sunnah is to Bury where one dies...

[13] The Grave Place is Ordained and Sunnah is to Bury where one dies: عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّالِ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي مِنْهَالٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ إِنَّ النُّطْفَةَ إِذَا وَقَعَتْ فِي الرَّحِمِ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَلَكاً فَأَخَذَ مِنَ التُّرْبَةِ الَّتِي يُدْفَنُ فِيهَا فَمَاثَهَا فِي النُّطْفَةِ فَلَا يَزَالُ قَلْبُهُ يَحِنُّ إِلَيْهَا حَتَّى يُدْفَنَ فِيهَا A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Al Hajjal, from Ibn Bukeyr, from Abu Minhal, from Al Haris Bin Al Mugheira who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah -asws saying: ‘When the seed falls into the womb, Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Sends an Angel who takes from the soil in which he is to be buried, so he dissolves it in the seed.

So, his heart does not cease to yearn towards it until he is buried in it’. [14] الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَخْلَدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْقَزْوِينِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع فَقُلْتُ لِأَيِّ عِلَّةٍ يُولَدُ الْإِنْسَانُ هَاهُنَا وَ يَمُوتُ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ (The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from Ali Bin Hatim, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Ibrahim Bin Makhlad, from Muhammad Bin Bashir, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Abu Abdullah Al Qazwiny who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far -asws .

I said, ‘For which reason does the human being get born over here and he dies in another place?’ قَالَ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لَمَّا خَلَقَ خَلْقَهُ خَلَقَهُمْ مِنْ أَدِيمِ الْأَرْضِ فَمَرْجِعُ كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ إِلَى تُرْبَتِهِ‏ He -asws said: ‘Because when Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted Created His -azwj creatures, He -azwj Created them from surface of the earth, therefore every human being returns to his soil’’.