دَخَلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قَيْسٍ الْمَاصِرُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْمَيِّتِ لِمَ يُغَسَّلُ غُسْلَ الْجَنَابَةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) لَا أُخْبِرُكَ فَخَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَلَقِيَ بَعْضَ الشِّيعَةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْعَجَبُ لَكُمْ يَا مَعْشَرَ الشِّيعَةِ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ وَ أَطَعْتُمُوهُ وَ لَوْ دَعَاكُمْ إِلَى عِبَادَتِهِ لَأَجَبْتُمُوهُ وَ قَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ فَمَا كَانَ عِنْدَهُ فِيهَا شَيْءٌ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنْ قَابِلٍ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ أَيْضاً فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ لَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِهَا فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قَيْسٍ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ انْطَلِقْ إِلَى الشِّيعَةِ فَاصْحَبْهُمْ وَ أَظْهِرْ عِنْدَهُمْ مُوَالَاتَكَ إِيَّاهُمْ وَ لَعْنَتِي وَ التَّبَرِّيَ مِنِّي فَإِذَا كَانَ وَقْتُ الْحَجِّ فَأْتِنِي حَتَّى أَدْفَعَ إِلَيْكَ مَا تَحُجُّ بِهِ وَ سَلْهُمْ أَنْ يُدْخِلُوكَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ فَإِذَا صِرْتَ إِلَيْهِ فَاسْأَلْهُ عَنِ الْمَيِّتِ لِمَ يُغَسَّلُ غُسْلَ الْجَنَابَةِ فَانْطَلَقَ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى الشِّيعَةِ فَكَانَ مَعَهُمْ إِلَى وَقْتِ الْمَوْسِمِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى دِينِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَبِلَهُ بِقَبُولِهِ وَ كَتَمَ ابْنَ قَيْسٍ أَمْرَهُ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يُحْرَمَ الْحَجَّ فَلَمَّا كَانَ وَقْتُ الْحَجِّ أَتَاهُ فَأَعْطَاهُ حَجَّةً وَ خَرَجَ فَلَمَّا صَارَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ لَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ تَخَلَّفْ فِي الْمَنْزِلِ حَتَّى نَذْكُرَكَ لَهُ وَ نَسْأَلَهُ لِيَأْذَنَ لَكَ فَلَمَّا صَارُوا إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ صَاحِبُكُمْ مَا أَنْصَفْتُمُوهُ قَالُوا لَمْ نَعْلَمْ مَا يُوَافِقُكَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَمَرَ بَعْضَ مَنْ حَضَرَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ بِهِ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ لَهُ مَرْحَباً كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ مَا أَنْتَ فِيهِ الْيَوْمَ مِمَّا كُنْتَ فِيهِ قَبْلُ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ لَمْ أَكُنْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَقَالَ صَدَقْتَ أَمَا إِنَّ عِبَادَتَكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ كَانَتْ أَخَفَّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ عِبَادَتِكَ الْيَوْمَ لِأَنَّ الْحَقَّ ثَقِيلٌ وَ الشَّيْطَانَ مُوَكَّلٌ بِشِيعَتِنَا لِأَنَّ سَائِرَ النَّاسِ قَدْ كَفَوْهُ أَنْفُسَهُمْ إِنِّي سَأُخْبِرُكَ بِمَا قَالَ لَكَ ابْنُ قَيْسٍ الْمَاصِرُ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَسْأَلَنِي عَنْهُ وَ أُصَيِّرُ الْأَمْرَ فِي تَعْرِيفِهِ إِيَّاهُ إِلَيْكَ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَخْبَرْتَهُ وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ لَمْ تُخْبِرْهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى خَلَقَ خَلَّاقِينَ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ خَلْقاً أَمَرَهُمْ فَأَخَذُوا مِنَ التُّرْبَةِ الَّتِي قَالَ فِي كِتَابِهِ مِنْها خَلَقْناكُمْ وَ فِيها نُعِيدُكُمْ وَ مِنْها نُخْرِجُكُمْ تارَةً أُخْرى فَعَجَنَ النُّطْفَةَ بِتِلْكَ التُّرْبَةِ الَّتِي يَخْلُقُ مِنْهَا بَعْدَ أَنْ أَسْكَنَهَا الرَّحِمَ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً فَإِذَا تَمَّتْ لَهَا أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ قَالُوا يَا رَبِّ نَخْلُقُ مَا ذَا فَيَأْمُرُهُمْ بِمَا يُرِيدُ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَى أَبْيَضَ أَوْ أَسْوَدَ فَإِذَا خَرَجَتِ الرُّوحُ مِنَ الْبَدَنِ خَرَجَتْ هَذِهِ النُّطْفَةُ بِعَيْنِهَا مِنْهُ كَائِناً مَا كَانَ صَغِيراً أَوْ كَبِيراً ذَكَراً أَوْ أُنْثَى فَلِذَلِكَ يُغَسَّلُ الْمَيِّتُ غُسْلَ الْجَنَابَةِ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ لَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا أُخْبِرُ ابْنَ قَيْسٍ الْمَاصِرَ بِهَذَا أَبَداً فَقَالَ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْكَ .
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Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Abdullah, from Ibrahim Bin Is’haq, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman Al Daylami, from his father, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said, ‘Abdullah Bin Qays Al-Masir came over to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> and he said, ‘Inform me about the deceased, why does he have to be washed with a washing for the sexual impurity?’ So Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> will not inform you’. So he went out from his<sup>asws</sup> presence and met one of his<sup>asws</sup> Shias and he said, ‘I wonder at you, O group of Shias. You are in the Wilayah of this man<sup>asws</sup> and obeying him<sup>asws</sup>, and if he<sup>asws</sup> were to invite you to worship him<sup>asws</sup>, you would respond to him<sup>asws</sup>; and I had asked him<sup>asws</sup> a question, but there was nothing with him<sup>asws</sup> with regards to it!’ So when it was in the future, he (again) went over to him<sup>asws</sup> and asked him<sup>asws</sup> about it, and he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> will not inform you with it’. So Abdullah Bin Qays said to a man from his companions, ‘Go to the Shias and be their companions, and display your Wilayah with them in their presence and curse me and disavow from me. So when it would be the time for Hajj, come over to me and I shall hand over to you (the expense money) what you would need for it, and ask them that they should let you go to Muhammad<sup>asws</sup> Bin Ali<sup>asws</sup>. So when you arrive to him<sup>asws</sup>, ask him<sup>asws</sup> about the deceased, why does he have to be washed with a washing for the sexual impurity’. So the man went to the Shias, and was with them until the time of the season (of Hajj). So he looked at the Religion of the group and accepted it with its acceptance, and concealed the matter from Ibn Qays fearing that he would prevent the Hajj (not pay for it). So when it was the time for the Hajj, he went over to him, and he gave him (the expenses for) Hajj, and he went out. So when he arrived in Al-Medina, his companions said to him, ‘Stay behind in the house until we mention you to him<sup>asws</sup>, and we ask him for permission for you’. So when they arrived to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, he<sup>asws</sup> said to them: ‘Where is your companion? You have not been just to him’. They said, ‘We did not know what your<sup>asws</sup> acceptance would be from that’. So he<sup>asws</sup> ordered one of those present that he should come with him. So when he came over to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, he<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘Welcome! How is your view of what you are in today, from what you were in beforehand?’ So he said, ‘O son<sup>asws</sup> of Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>! I wasn’t in anything (before)’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘You speak the truth. As for your worship in those days, it was lighter upon you than your worship today, because the truth is heavy, and the Satan<sup>la</sup> is allocated with our<sup>asws</sup> Shias, because the rest of the people he<sup>la</sup> has sufficed with their selves. I<sup>asws</sup> shall be informing you with what Ibn Qays Al-Masir said to you, before you even ask me<sup>asws</sup> about it; and relating the matter in presenting it to him, it is up to you, if you so desire it, inform him, and if you so desire, do not inform him. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> the Exalted, Created creators. So whenever He<sup>azwj</sup> Intends to create a creature, He<sup>azwj</sup> Commands them. So they take from the dust which Allah<sup>azwj</sup> has Spoken on in His<sup>azwj</sup> Book <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:20#h55"><a href="/books/quran:20#h55">[20:55]</a></a> From it We Created you and into it We shall be Sending you back and from it will We Bring you out once again</span>. So the seed is kneaded with that dust which he would be created from after having settled in the womb for forty nights. So when four months are completed for him, they are saying: ‘O Lord<sup>azwj</sup>! What is that to be?’ So He<sup>azwj</sup> is Commanding them with whatever He<sup>azwj</sup> so Intends, whether a male or a female, white or black. So when the soul comes out from the body, this exact seed comes out from it, as it was before, from the young or old, male or female. Thus, it is due to that, the deceased is washed with a washing for the sexual impurity’. So the man said, ‘O son<sup>asws</sup> of Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>! No, by Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! I will not inform Ibn Qays Al-Masir with this, ever!’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘That is up to you’.
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