The Birth of The Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and His Demise
Al-Kāfi|Volume 1|Book 4|Chapter 111
36ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَيْفٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمَغْرَاءِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) لِعلي (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) يَا عَلِيُّ ادْفِنِّي فِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ وَارْفَعْ قَبْرِي مِنَ الارْضِ أَرْبَعَ أَصَابِعَ وَرُشَّ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَاءِ.
36. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from from Salama ibn al-Khattab from Ali ibn Sayf from Abu al-Maghra’ from ‘Uqba ibn Bashir from Abu Ja‘far عليه السلام who has said the following: “The Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said to Ali عليه السلام, O Ali, bury me in this place, raise the surface of my grave from the ground by the width of four fingers and sprinkle water on it.”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/266)
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