[9] Grieving rituals...
[9] Grieving rituals: رجال الكشي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ كُلْثُومٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَمُّونٍ وَ غَيْرِهِ قَالَ: خَرَجَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ ع فِي جَنَازَةِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع وَ قَمِيصُهُ مَشْقُوقٌ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَبُو عَوْنٍ الْأَبْرَشُ قَرَابَةُ نَجَاحِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ مَنْ رَأَيْتَ أَوْ بَلَغَكَ مِنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ شَقَّ ثَوْبَهُ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا (The book) ‘Rijal’ of Al Kashy – Ahmad Bin Ali Bin Kulsoom, from Is’haq Bin Muhamamd Bin Al-Hassan Bin Shamoun and someone else who said, ‘Abu Muhammad -asws went out in the funeral of Abu Al-Hassan -asws , and his -asws shirt was torn.
Abu Awn Al-Abrash, a relative of Najah Bin Salama wrote to him -asws , ‘Whom have you -asws seen or reached you -asws from the Imams -asws having torn his -asws shirt like this?’ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ ع يَا أَحْمَقُ وَ مَا يُدْرِيكَ مَا هَذَا قَدْ شَقَّ مُوسَى عَلَى هَارُونَ. Abu Muhammad -asws wrote to him: ‘O idiot! And what would make you know what this is? Musa -as had torn (his -as shirt) upon Haroun -as ’’.
[10] رجال الكشي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْخَضِيبِ الْأَنْبَارِيِّ قَالَ: كَتَبَ أَبُو عَوْنٍ الْأَبْرَشُ قَرَابَةُ نَجَاحِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ ع أَنَّ النَّاسَ قَدِ اسْتَوْهَنُوا مِنْ شَقِّكَ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع (The book) ‘Rijal’ of Al Kashi – Ahmad Bin Ali, from Is’haq, from Ibrahim Bin Al Khazeyb Al Anbary who said, ‘Abu Awn Al-Abrash, a relative of Najah Bin Salama wrote to Abu Muhammad -asws , ‘The people are considering it a sign of weakness, your -asws tearing (of the shirt) upon Abu Al-Hassan -asws ’.
فَقَالَ يَا أَحْمَقُ مَا أَنْتَ وَ ذَاكَ قَدْ شَقَّ مُوسَى عَلَى هَارُونَ ع إِنَّ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يُولَدُ مُؤْمِناً وَ يَحْيَا مُؤْمِناً وَ يَمُوتُ مُؤْمِناً وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ يُولَدُ كَافِراً وَ يَحْيَا كَافِراً وَ يَمُوتُ كَافِراً وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ يُولَدُ مُؤْمِناً وَ يَحْيَا مُؤْمِناً وَ يَمُوتُ كَافِراً وَ إِنَّكَ لَا تَمُوتُ حَتَّى تَكْفُرَ وَ يَتَغَيَّرَ عَقْلُكَ He -asws said: ‘O idiot! What have you to do with that? Musa -as had torn (his -as shirt) upon Haroun -as !
From the people, there is one who is born a Momin and lives a Momin and dies a Momin. And from them is one who is born a Kafir and lives a Kafir and dies a Kafir. And from them is one who is born a Momin and lives a Momin and dies a Kafir, and You will not be dying until you are a Kafir and your intellect changes’.
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