Chapter on the Prayer over the Dead

Muhammad ibn Yaqub narrated from a number of our companions from Sahl ibn Ziyad from al-Hasan ibn Mahbub from Abdillah ibn Ghalib from Thabit Abu al-Miqdam. He said: I was with Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, peace be upon him, when there came a funeral for some people from among his neighbors, so Imam عليه السلام attended it. I was (standing) close to Imam عليه السلام, and I overheard Imam عليه السلام say: “O’ Allah سبحانه وتعالى, surely You عز وجل created these souls, and You عز وجل cause them to die, and You عز وجل bring them to life, and You عز وجل are more knowing of their secrets and their open matters than we are, and of their final abode and their place of deposit. O’ Allah سبحانه وتعالى, this is Your servant, and I know no evil of him, but You عز وجل are more knowing of him. We have come to You عز وجل interceding for him after his death, so if he is deserving, then accept our intercession for him and resurrect him with those whom he used to follow.”