Salah (prayer) for one’s Needs

Al-Kāfi|Volume 3|Book 4|Chapter 95
Al-Kāfi

Volume 3, Book 4, Chapter 95

Salah (prayer) for one’s Needs

11ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ جَمِيلٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) فَدَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ امْرَأَةٌ وَذَكَرَتْ أَنَّهَا تَرَكَتِ ابْنَهَا وَقَدْ قَالَتْ بِالْمِلْحَفَةِ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ مَيِّتاً فَقَالَ لَهَا لَعَلَّهُ لَمْ يَمُتْ فَقُومِي فَاذْهَبِي إِلَى بَيْتِكِ فَاغْتَسِلِي وَصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَادْعِي وَقُولِي يَا مَنْ وَهَبَهُ لِي وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْئاً جَدِّدْ هِبَتَهُ لِي ثُمَّ حَرِّكِيهِ وَلاَ تُخْبِرِي بِذَلِكِ أَحَداً قَالَتْ فَفَعَلْتُ فَحَرَّكْتُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ قَدْ بَكَى.
11. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz from Jamil who has said the following: “I was in the presence of abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, when a woman came to him saying, ‘I left my son dead; I had thrown a comforter on his face.’ The Imam said to her, ‘Perhaps he is not dead. Go back to your home, take a shower, perform two Rak‘at Salah (prayer), pray and say, “O the One who gave him to me as a gift when he was not anything, please renew Your gift for me,” then move him and do not tell anyone about it.’ She has said, ‘I followed the instruction and moved him and he began to cry.’”
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