قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ هَلْ لِلْمَاءِ حَدٌّ مَحْدُودٌ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ ( صلوات الله عليه ) إِذَا أَنَا مِتُّ فَاسْتَقِ لِي سِتَّ قِرَبٍ مِنْ مَاءِ بِئْرِ غَرْسٍ فَغَسِّلْنِي وَ كَفِّنِّي وَ حَنِّطْنِي فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ مِنْ غُسْلِي وَ كَفْنِي وَ تَحْنِيطِي فَخُذْ بِمَجَامِعِ كَفَنِي وَ أَجْلِسْنِي ثُمَّ سَلْنِي عَمَّا شِئْتَ فَوَ اللَّهِ لَا تَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا أَجَبْتُكَ فِيهِ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Fuzayl Sukkara who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! Is there a restriction limit for the water?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said to Ali<sup>asws</sup>: ‘When I<sup>saww</sup> pass away, so draw for me<sup>saww</sup>, six buckets of water from the well of Ghars, and wash me<sup>saww</sup>, and enshroud me<sup>saww</sup>, and embalm me<sup>saww</sup>. So when you<sup>asws</sup> are free from washing me<sup>saww</sup>, and enshrouding me<sup>saww</sup>, and embalming me<sup>saww</sup>, then take the entirety of my<sup>saww</sup> shroud and sit me<sup>saww</sup> upright and ask me<sup>saww</sup> about whatever you<sup>asws</sup> so desire to, for, by Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, you<sup>asws</sup> will not ask me<sup>saww</sup> anything except that I<sup>saww</sup> will answer you<sup>asws</sup> with regards to it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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