Chapter on the State of Believers' Children Who Pass Away
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 51
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 3, Chapter 51
Chapter on the State of Believers' Children Who Pass Away
رَوَى أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "إِذَا مَاتَ طِفْلٌ مِنْ أَطْفَالِ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ نَادَى مُنَادٍ فِي مَلَكُوتِ اَلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَ اَلْأَرْضِ أَلاَ إِنَّ فُلاَنَ بْنَ فُلاَنٍ قَدْ مَاتَ فَإِنْ كَانَ مَاتَ وَالِدَاهُ أَوْ أَحَدُهُمَا أَوْ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ مِنَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ دُفِعَ إِلَيْهِ يَغْذُوهُ وَ إِلاَّ دُفِعَ إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا اَلسَّلاَمُ تَغْذُوهُ حَتَّى يَقْدَمَ أَبَوَاهُ أَوْ أَحَدُهُمَا أَوْ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ فَتَدْفَعُهُ إِلَيْهِ".
Abu Zakariya narrated from Abu Basir who said that Abu Abdullah عليه السلام said: "When a child from the children of the believers dies, a caller announces in the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, 'Indeed, so-and-so, the son of so-and-so, has passed away.' If his parents, one of them, or a family member from the believers had already passed away, the child is entrusted to them to nurture him. If none of them had passed away, the child is entrusted to Sayyidah Fatimah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم to nurture and care for them until their parents, one of them, or a family member arrives, and then she hands the child over to them."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh