Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Book 1, Chapter 23

Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)

اَلْعَبَّاسُ عَنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ أَخِي بِبَغْدَادَ وَ أَخَافُ أَنْ يَمُوتَ فِيهَا قَالَ« مَا تُبَالِي حَيْثُ مَا مَاتَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لاَ يَبْقَى أَحَدٌ فِي شَرْقِ اَلْأَرْضِ وَ لاَ فِي غَرْبِهَا إِلاَّ حَشَرَ اَللَّهُ رُوحَهُ إِلَى وَادِي اَلسَّلاَمِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ« وَأَيْنَ وَادِي اَلسَّلاَمِ» قَالَ« ظَهْرُ اَلْكُوفَةِ أَمَا إِنِّي كَأَنِّي بِهِمْ حَلَقٌ حَلَقٌ قُعُودٌ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ».
Al-Abbas, from Al-Hasan ibn Ali, from Ahmad ibn Umar, from Marwan ibn Muslim, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام: I said to Imam عليه السلام: "My brother is in Baghdad, and I fear that he might die there." Imam عليه السلام said: "It does not matter where he dies. Indeed, there will not remain anyone, whether in the East of the earth or in its West, except that Allah سبحانه وتعالى will gather his soul to the Valley of Peace (Wadi Us Salam)." I said: "May I be your ransom, where is the Valley of Peace?" Imam عليه السلام said: "It is at the back of Kufa. It is as if I can see them (believers) sitting in circles, talking to one another."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 494
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
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