The Chapter of Condolences and Grief During Calamities, Visiting Graves, Lamentation and Mourning Gatherings
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 27
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Book 1, Chapter 27
The Chapter of Condolences and Grief During Calamities, Visiting Graves, Lamentation and Mourning Gatherings
وَ وَقَفَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَلَى اَلْقَتْلَى بِبَدْرٍ وَ قَدْ جَمَعَهُمْ فِي قَلِيبٍ فَقَالَ «يَا أَهْلَ اَلْقَلِيبِ إِنَّا «قَدْ وَجَدْنٰا مٰا وَعَدَنٰا رَبُّنٰا حَقًّا فَهَلْ وَجَدْتُمْ مٰا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمْ حَقًّا» » فَقَالَ اَلْمُنَافِقُونَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ يُكَلِّمُ اَلْمَوْتَى فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ «لَوْ أُذِنَ لَهُمْ فِي اَلْكَلاَمِ لَقَالُوا نَعَمْ وَ إِنَّ «خَيْرَ اَلزّٰادِ اَلتَّقْوىٰ».
The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم stood over the bodies of those killed at Badr, having gathered them into a well/pit, and said: “O’ inhabitants of the well, we have found what our Lord عز وجل promised us to be true; have you found what your Lord عز وجل promised to be true?” The hypocrites replied: "The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم is speaking to the dead?" He then turned to them and said: "If they were permitted to speak, they would say, 'Indeed, the best provision is taqwā (God-consciousness).'"
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh