The Birth of The Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and His Demise
Al-Kāfi|Volume 1|Book 4|Chapter 111
37ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ أَتَى الْعَبَّاسُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَقَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدِ اجْتَمَعُوا أَنْ يَدْفِنُوا رَسُولَ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فِي بَقِيعِ الْمُصَلَّى وَأَنْ يَؤُمَّهُمْ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ فَخَرَجَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) إِلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) إِمَامٌ حَيّاً وَمَيِّتاً وَقَالَ إِنِّي أُدْفَنُ فِي الْبُقْعَةِ الَّتِي أُقْبَضُ فِيهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلَى الْبَابِ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ النَّاسَ عَشَرَةً عَشَرَةً يُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُونَ.
37. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from from Salma ibn al-Khattab from Ali ibn Sayf from ‘Amr ibn Shimr from Jabir from abu Ja‘far عليه السلام who has said the following. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abu ‘Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabi from Abu ‘Abdallah عليه السلام who has said the following: “Al-‘Abbas came to Amir al-Mu’minin Ali عليه السلام and said, ‘O Ali, people have come in a group to bury the Messenger of Allah in Baqi’ Al Musalla, and want one of them as an Imam to lead the prayer.’ Amir al-Mu’minin Ali عليه السلام then came out to the people and said, “O people, the Messenger of Allah is the Imam whether dead or living. He had said that he must be buried in the place where he died.’ He then stood at the door and prayed for him. Then he commanded every ten people to come in and pray for him and leave.”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/266)
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